Nike closes corporate offices for one week to support employees' mental health - August 31, 2021

Nike closed its corporate offices for a week to prioritize its employees’ mental health. While the move was celebrated by corporate employees and employment law advocates, retail locations are still open, raising concerns about “which kind of workers they care about and are willing to invest in.” Employers name mental health access as key priority: survey - FierceHealthcare HRE’s Number of the Day: rising employee anxiety - HR Executive 5 Ways to Create a Psychologically Safer Workplace for Post Pandemic Employees - Entrepreneur @Sarakshi: Nike taking on mental health of their employees at the work place. It will be interesting to see if this becomes the norm at most companies in the next 5 years. Vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca announced it will require all of its U.S. employees to get the coronavirus vaccine if they intend to return to the office or interact in person with customers. A Michigan State University employee filed a lawsuit Friday against the university challenging its vaccine mandate, saying her doctor told her the vaccine was not necessary for her after contracting the virus in 2020. FDA approval of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides cover for employer mandates - HR Dive Indianapolis-based Roche to require employees to get COVID-19 vaccines - Indianapolis Star Duke University mandates Covid vaccines for staff and reinstitutes mask rules following outbreak - CNBC New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the state will end pandemic-related unemployment benefits when they are set to expire Saturday rather than extend federal relief funds, noting that continuing the three federal assistance programs would cost the state millions of dollars. A Florida judge struck down a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state to reinstate temporary federal unemployment benefits. Florida was one of 26 states that ended the benefits early, arguing that it encouraged people not to work. Extra unemployment benefits ending soon, leaving millions without an income - Fox Business Is it really the right time to end