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Canada opens investigation on Amazon, citing ‘abuse of dominance’
Kevin Reynolds RetailIf there is one thing the coronavirus pandemic has exposed for small and medium-sized businesses, it is their near-universal competition with Amazon. The online retail giant has come under increased scrutiny during recent months as the company’s stock has increased by over 60%. And now Canada is the latest country outside of the United States to take issue with Jeff Bezos’ behemoth.
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New York Fed brief: COVID-19 pummels Black-owned businesses
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe coronavirus pandemic closed 22% of small businesses across the U.S. between February and April, according to a brief from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY Fed). Forty-one percent of black-owned businesses, almost double the overall number, closed. Business location matters. Black-owned firms are geographically concentrated in COVID-19 hotspots, according to the NY Fed, where white-owned firms are less likely to be.
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How far can employers go with COVID-19 testing?
Grace Ferguson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued guidelines on COVID-19 testing in the workplace. Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC says that employers can administer viral tests to employees before they enter the workplace, so as to determine whether they have COVID-19 — as an employee with the virus "will pose a direct threat to the health of others."
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How COVID-19 has affected global food security
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageIncome declines as a result of COVID-19 have put food access at risk, impacting worldwide food security adversely. The current situation is hard for everyone, but for those who live below the poverty line, it is a disaster. The poorest households typically spend 70% of their total incomes on food. Now, many have no income. This will only exacerbate poverty levels and reduce access to food, particularly nutritious foods.
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Will classrooms stay open this fall?
Patrick Gleeson EducationWill your child’s K-12 school be open and stay open for in-person instruction this fall? Unfortunately, there’s no widely agreed-upon answer. Here’s a thumbnail history of the dispute, along with some of the variables, unknowns and recently emerging revisions of the underlying facts.
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Will classroom teaching this fall lead to increased illness?
Patrick Gleeson EducationIn this time of every kind of uncertainty, one of the most troubling decisions Americans must make is: which is worse, the possibility of exposing teachers and students to a deadly disease or the certainty of impairing the education of an entire generation of students by keeping them out of school? Here are the differing views and why there are no easy choices.
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COVID-19, children, and existential fear
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareAs the summer of 2020 wanes and the school year begins, there is understandable fear, confusion, and existential dread regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Myriad questions remain unanswered regarding how to keep our students, teachers, and staff safe amidst the desire to regain some semblance of a normal educational experience. Debates, lawsuits, and mixed governmental messages rage on, and uncertainty is the order of the day. Where do we go from here?
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Are schools reopening prematurely?
Bambi Majumdar EducationIn some areas where school has already started, a rash of COVID-19 cases has led to a chaotic start to the new academic year. While infections continue to rise in large parts of the country, reopening schools with in-person learning may foreshadow dire results. There are already reports of teachers and students bringing the virus to school with them in the South and the Midwest, triggering quarantines. More cases like these will result in delayed openings and further shutdowns.
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Leading your school during a pandemic
Brian Stack EducationWhen they write the history books a generation from now, 2020 may get its own chapter. We are not quite two-thirds of the way through this year and it is already proving to be one that has thrown us, as school leaders, more curveballs than we can count. While some may choose to only focus on the negative, I’d like to think that our experiences have given us clarity in our mission and our purpose as educators and as learning communities.
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Tracking the authority of an association
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementWho authorizes an association to exist? From where does the board get its authority to act? How did the founders envision perpetuity as a nonprofit, exempt organization? Some say authority comes from "the membership." Others suggest a "parent association" has provided a memorandum of understanding.
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