September 21, 2021 - Smlr_net

21 Sep 2021


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
management*
*September 21, 2021*
*Title:*                    In a First, Washington Will Draft Rules on
Workplace Heat Dangers
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Coral Davenport
*Date:*                   September 21, 2021
*Summary:*          The move, aimed at protecting workers in sectors like
agriculture and construction, reflects a growing recognition of the health
threats posed by global warming.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3kohOp0
*Title:*                    Governor Murphy Announces Winners of the Future
of Work Accelerator Open Innovation Challenge
*Source:*               Insider NJ
*Author:*               Insider NJ
*Date:*                   September 14, 2021
*Summary:          *Governor Phil Murphy announced winners selected for the
New Jersey Future of Work Accelerator program – the result of a national
call for applications for innovations designed to promote worker rights,
worker safety, and lifelong learning. The selected participants, including
the Center for Innovation in Worker Organizations at Rutgers, will now
start a 9-month program to help them start, grow, or scale their projects
in New Jersey.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3CoqQbM
*Title:*                   The Government is Setting Hard-Hit Americans Up
for Disaster by Forcing Them to Pay Back Unemployment Benefits
*Source:*               Business Insider via Yahoo!News
*Author:               *Eoin Higgins
*Date:*                   September 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Americans have been forced to figure out how to pay
their bills as unemployment insurance ends. Now, states are demanding that
people pay back their unemployment benefits. It's creating a situation
where people are wondering how they're supposed to live.
*Link:*                    https://yhoo.it/3koZzjk
*Title:*                    Hollywood Union Calls for Strike Authorization
Vote by Crew Workers
*Source:*               Los Angeles Times
*Author:*               Anousha Sakoui
*Date:*                   September 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Leaders of the International Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees are asking tens of thousands of entertainment industry
workers to give them authority to call a strike. Union leaders said in a
statement Monday that they would ask their members to approve a so-called
strike authorization vote. The extraordinary move comes after four months
of increasingly acrimonious talks between the union and the Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to produce an agreement on a
new contract.
*Link:*                    https://lat.ms/2VWmJnC
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