China"s coronavirus conundrum: Stay home, don"t get sick, get back to work!
China faces a conundrum: Call peop.....»»
Elon Musk is sending Tesla employees back to work in defiance of a California lockdown. His view of the coronavirus pandemic is dangerously misguided.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Elon Musk confirmed that a Tesla factory in Fremont, California, started operating again on Monday, in defiance of local stay-at-home orders. He has criticized such orders as "fascist," but copious scientific re.....»»
China home-use projector market to grow due to outbreak
The home-use projector market in China in 2020 is expected to grow significantly along with increasing stay- and work-at-home demand due to coronavirus outbreak, according to industry sources......»»
Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘I will not get sick. I will stay well and healthy for her.’ A mother and daughter navigate Spain’s coronavirus lockdown — and try to create their own safe haven
‘If I do get sick, my friends and their two kids will take care of her until my sister arrives to take Kate home or back to Ireland.’.....»»
‘It’s a very unfortunate conundrum.’ As coronavirus spreads, the CDC urges sick workers to stay home — but what if you don’t get paid sick leave?
Full-time workers are far more likely to have access to paid sick-leave benefits than part-time workers, who are disproportionately women......»»
How China’s Big Annual Migration Differs This Year
Lunar New Year, China’s most important holiday, is an annual ritual of family reunion that usually involves billions of trips home and back. In early 2020, the emerging coronavirus pandemic complicated travel, stranding millions away from their.....»»
What if they don’t come back? Apartment owners wary of remote workforce
News that tech giants including Twitter, Google and Facebook plan to let their employees work from home indefinitely has New York apartment owners nervous. Since the city instituted a compulsory coronavirus shutdown, property owner.....»»
Grocery stores and coffee chains gave workers hazard pay. Now they"re taking it back.
As coronavirus cases rose and state and local governments issued stay at home orders, Starbucks offered employees a month of paid leave. Now that.....»»
Logitech Rallies On Q4 Results Driven By Work-From-Home Shift
Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) shares were trading higher Tuesday after the company reported positive fourth-quarter results after the close Monday that were "accelerated" by the stay-at-home shift during the coronavirus pandemic. .....»»
Experts say that when offices reopen, group work areas might replace the "seas and seas" of single desks, while workers stay home for individual tasks. Here"s what the "new" open office could be like.
Katie Canales/Business Insider With thousands of white-collar employees having adapted to working from home due to coronavirus-driven shutdowns, many have posited that the of.....»»
Elon Musk is sending Tesla employees back to work in defiance of California"s lockdown. His view of the pandemic is dangerously misguided.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Elon Musk confirmed that a Tesla factory in Fremont, California, started operating again on Monday, in defiance of local stay-at-home orders. He has criticized such orders as "fascist," but copious scientific re.....»»
From stay-at-home dealmaking to virtual internships, here"s how Wall Street is transforming during the era of remote work
Simon Dawson/REUTERS; Samantha Lee/Business Insider The coronavirus sent Wall Street banks scrambling to set up workers at home. The US is grappling with the economic consequences of the pand.....»»
Hourly restaurant workers speak out: "We"re not essential"
"[There's talk] about a second wave. We all have kids. We really don't feel safe enough to come back to work and risk it. And, how are we going to make any money if we're not at full capacity? We're getting paid more to stay at home and be safe.".....»»
Real estate and construction sectors get creative to get back to work
The “People generally want to stay away from each other,†Leibman said, adding that agents are now working from home. Corcoran limits the number of people in its offices by shifting schedules... To view the full story, click the title link......»»
9 startups helping moms get back to work after having kids
Getty Images Women today spend 16 more hours a week performing paid labor than they did 50 years ago, yet they spend just as much time with their children as stay-at-home mothers did in the 1970s, Pew Research shows. Since the US .....»»
Women take on a greater share of parenting responsibilities under stay-at-home orders
The coronavirus pandemic puts more pressure on women who work remotely while kids take online classes, a study with Y.....»»
Stay-at-home stocks Amazon, Microsoft lift Nasdaq into gain for 2020
The Nasdaq was on track to end Thursday in positive territory for 2020 after winning back the vast majority of steep losses caused in recent months by the coronavirus pandemic......»»
The WHO says the risk of sliding back into coronavirus lockdowns is "very real" without a careful, staged lift approach
Flavio Lo Scaldo/Reuters Countries across Europe, as well as several US states, have begun relaxing stay-at-home orders for the coronavirus. But the World Health Organization is warning that "the risk of retur.....»»
I bought a Nintendo Switch just before my state went on coronavirus lockdown, and it"s helped me separate my work and home life when I"m reporting on the pandemic
Joey Hadden/Business Insider I bought a Nintendo Switch to keep myself occupied during stay-at-home orders just before stores began to announce shortages, and it.....»»
Coronavirus headlines: Harris County order extended; Strip club wins TRO; Beaches reopen
The following story excerpts are courtesy of our partners at KHOU 11. Click here for more coronavirus coverage from KHOU. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has signed a new stay-home, work-safe order instructing non-essential businesses and workers not.....»»
LIVE UPDATES: Brian Kemp plans to lift Georgia"s coronavirus stay-at-home orders even as 76% of Americans want to extend lockdown
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images We'll keep this page updated with the biggest coronavirus headlines of the day. Scroll down for more information on each story and check back for updates. Here's the lates.....»»