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Workplace protections still apply when you work from home

Workplace protections still apply when you work from home

For many Minnesotans, their homes have become their workplaces but the situation raises legal issues that many employers may not have anticipated when they began having legions of people work from home — from privacy and ergonomics to on-the-job injuries and tracking employees' hours.
by Martin Moylan

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Restaurants face a staffing problem: Unemployment pays better

Restaurants face a staffing problem: Unemployment pays better

State jobless benefits are beefed up, for now, by an extra $600 a week from the federal government. That means many people are making more money unemployed at home than they were making at work.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Volunteers deliver thousands of masks to Hennepin Healthcare

Volunteers deliver thousands of masks to Hennepin Healthcare

The masks are being distributed to emergency room patients and nonmedical staff at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
by Brandt Williams

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When can we expect a coronavirus vaccine?

When can we expect a coronavirus vaccine?

The race is on. What will it take to develop, test and distribute a safe and effective vaccine?
by Joe Palca

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Argentina reacted early and kept the coronavirus largely contained

Argentina reacted early and kept the coronavirus largely contained

Once there were 100 cases, the government imposed broad confinement measures. Over seven weeks later, with 317 coronavirus-related deaths, Argentina is easing its lockdown outside Buenos Aires.
by Philip Reeves

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National Guard flyover salutes expand across Minnesota this week

National Guard flyover salutes expand across Minnesota this week

The flight schedule lists more than 50 cities in Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. All but a handful are in Minnesota.
by Tim Nelson

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Fauci warns states not to 'jump over' guidelines to reopening

Fauci warns states not to 'jump over' guidelines to reopening

The hearing takes place via video conference because three top doctors integral to the government's response to coronavirus and the committee's chairman are self-quarantining.
by Domenico Montanaro

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State workers may lose pay raise as economy tanks

State workers may lose pay raise as economy tanks

The Minnesota House voted Monday to ratify state employee contracts that would deliver salary increases at a time of a looming budget deficit. The DFL-backed move sets up a showdown with Senate Republicans, who say it’s not a good idea to raise salaries with a budget deficit looming.
by Tim Pugmire

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