When the Department of Homeland Security released its criteria for “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” in March, it included a dizzying array of jobs across a host of industries: the flight ...

On June 15, 2025, the Minister of Labor announced the application of the provisions of Chapter D of the Emergency Employment Service Law to the entire country, which allows workplaces certified as ...

A consortium of nine automotive-related trade groups is calling on the nation's governors to standardize the definition of "essential" businesses and workers in a bid to ensure their members' ability ...

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE STATE OVER WHICH BUSINESSES ARE ESSENTIAL. 12 NEWS’ DERRICK ROSE IS LIVE. DERRICK, THOSE OWNERS FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING PUT AT A DISADVANTAGE? >> FOR FOLKS LIKE THE ...

Pursuant to its update issued March 31, 2020, the Commonwealth has revised the “COVID-19 Essential Services” list significantly reducing the types of construction activities that will be permitted ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The state’s broad definition of “essential business” includes workers who feel their jobs are not necessary for critical operations but may heighten their risk of coronavirus ...

More than 1,000 hospitals would be designated as "essential health systems" under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House. The proposed legislation, if enacted, would make it easier for ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for consensus on the definition of essential oral healthcare. The article "Pandemic considerations on essential oral healthcare" provides a layered model of ...

The Rev. William J. Barber II is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. Joe Kennedy III, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts’s 4th District in the U.S. House. A month ago, they were called “service ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Friday a further broadening of what constitutes an "essential" worker as he continues efforts to revive the coronavirus-staggered economy.