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Service charges are a vice in a society that prioritizes mental health | Virtues and Vices

By Anna Welsh March 21, 2024
Why are consumers responsible for paying these charges? And why is there such a great reliance on tips as opposed to restructuring the system so that employers bear the cost?
Happy First Friday of February! Today on East to West, we cover how the Massachusetts Restaurant Association is petitioning the Mayor’s office to end indoor vaccine mandate, BU’s new 15-day sick leave policy for doctoral students, and the new executive director for newly formed Office for Black Male Advancement

Happy First Friday of February! Today on East to West, we cover how the Massachusetts Restaurant Association is petitioning the Mayor’s office to end indoor vaccine mandate, BU’s new 15-day sick leave policy for doctoral students, and the new executive director for newly formed Office for Black Male Advancement

By Daily Free Press Admin February 11, 2022

Happy First Friday of February! Today on East to West, we cover how the Massachusetts Restaurant Association is petitioning the Mayor’s office to end indoor vaccine mandate, BU’s new 15-day sick...

PhD sick leave policy

BU introduces 15-day sick leave policy for doctoral students following year of activism

By Leila El Alam February 10, 2022
The policy, implemented Jan. 25, gives students up to 15 days of consecutive sick leave.
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City Councilors, police discuss ways to prevent BPD from exceeding overtime budget

By Sam Trottenberg March 15, 2021
The department has likely already run-over this fiscal year.
East to West: Feb. 5, 2021

East to West: Feb. 5, 2021

By Jackson Machesky February 5, 2021

In today’s episode of East To West, we cover Massachusetts State Police’s removal of unhoused individuals from an encampment near Boston University, stricter COVID-19 protocols from Resident...

Boston City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would extend the paid sick leave of Boston employees so they can receive the COVID-19 vaccine. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council proposes paid sick leave for city workers receiving COVID-19 vaccine

By Rin Velasco February 4, 2021
The paid sick benefit would cover three working days. City workers would be allowed leave at any point during the two days following a COVID-19 vaccination — which applies to the first and second dose — and compensated fully for the time away.
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