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BRAC: ‘Far more questions than answers’ on Biden’s vaccination orders
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is advising investors to take a “wait and see” approach to President Joe Biden’s recent order that companies with 100 or more employees require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing.
LSU president vows tighter enforcement of Tiger Stadium COVID protocol
LSU President William Tate today promised stricter enforcement of rules that require anyone seeking to enter Tiger Stadium to show proof of at least...
Use of automation in hiring may be hurting companies desperate for workers
Companies are desperate to hire, and yet some workers still can’t seem to find jobs. Here may be one reason why, The Wall Street...
States begin filing lawsuits against vaccine mandate
Twenty-seven Republican governors or attorneys general, including Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, have vowed to fight President Joe Biden’s mandate that over 80 million...
LSU president meeting with Biden, CEOs on COVID vaccine mandate
President Joe Biden is meeting today with the CEOs of Walt Disney and Columbia Sportswear as well as other business executives and leaders—including LSU...
COVID hospitalizations decline in Baton Rouge area
COVID-19 hospitalizations have been trending downward in the Baton Rouge area for the past couple of weeks, possibly indicating that the fourth wave and spread of the Delta variant may be diminishing.
Uncertainty over Biden’s vaccine mandate has companies in ‘wait-and-see mode’
President Joe Biden’s declaration that companies with more than 100 employees must ensure their workers are vaccinated against, or test negative for, COVID-19 could relieve employers of the burden of deciding whether to impose that mandate themselves.
Hard-hit industries seek additional federal coronavirus aid
Several hard-hit industries including restaurants, live-events businesses and gyms are renewing calls for Congress to provide additional financial aid, as the fourth surge in...
LABI calls Biden’s vaccine mandate unconstitutional, counterproductive
President Joe Biden’s administration lacks the legal authority to require large companies to ensure their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have them tested for the coronavirus that causes the illness, Louisiana’s largest business lobby argues.
How to hire new employees with a vaccine mandate in place
Some prospective employees will appreciate it if your company has a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but others may not. And if your company is in...
Live music was set to return prior to COVID spike, so now what?
It’s hard to imagine south Louisiana void of live music. But that’s become the “new norm” as of late. Many festivals and concert events haven’t taken place since 2019, and some more than two years ago.
Business travel may never fully return
Business travel has remained stymied by the pandemic, even as people take to the skies in droves for vacations.
And companies are trimming travel budgets...
COVID aid spurs double-digit income growth in Louisiana, though earnings flat
Federal COVID-19 stimulus programs led to double-digit personal income growth in Louisiana for the first quarter of the year, according to a new report,...
Employee retention tax credit could be cut early
Lawmakers are planning to repurpose about $205 billion in unused COVID relief funds to pay for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill the House will...
Louisiana could be a ‘pandemic tinderbox’ in Hurricane Ida’s wake
Experts are concerned that Hurricane Ida's impact will worsen the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana’s low-lying parishes, where vaccination rates are low—in some only...
East Baton Rouge EMS dealing with ambulance delays
East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services has been dealing with ambulance drop-off delays amid an increase in 9-1-1 activity in recent weeks due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and high patient volumes at area hospitals.
Downtown Development District hoping for late-October return of events
Though the downtown fall events season is looking pretty bleak right now thanks to pandemic-related cancellations and postponements, businesses are holding out hope that the COVID-19 threat will dissipate enough by late October to make holding large events feasible again, says Gabriel Vicknair, interim executive director of the Downtown Development District.
Requiring or helping your employees get vaccinated can have payoffs
Helping your employees get vaccinated or requiring them to do so, isn't just good for the overall health of your workplace, it may also...
LSU details how it will enforce new vaccine rules
LSU announced this week that students would either have to get the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine or officially opt out of being vaccinated and submit to regular testing by Sept. 10. The consequences for not doing so are steep.
Some local restaurants cutting days due to staff shortages
Some Baton Rouge restaurants are cutting their days of operation due to the strain from increased sales but decreased staffing.
