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The company said in a statement Friday that it will be requiring all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. who work on site to be fully vaccinated. The statement said employees who aren’t already vaccinated will have 60 days to do so and that those still working from home will need to show proof of vaccination before returning. Disney said it was discussing the vaccine requirements with the union, and added that all new hires will be required to be fully vaccinated before starting work at the company.
Morton Salt, which makes salt for culinary, water softening, road de-icing and other uses, has had several owners in the new millennium. Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas bought Morton International in 1999 for $4.9 billion. Ten years later, the company was sold to K+S AG, a German mineral products company, for $1.675 billion, creating what was then the world’s largest salt producer.
In this July 30, 2020 file photo, shoppers wear face masks as they leave a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Ill. Walmart is reversing its mask policy, Friday, July 30, 2021, and will require vaccinated workers in its distribution centers and stores in areas to wear masks in areas with high infection rates of the virus. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
Landmark Theatres, which owns Century Centre Cinema in Lakeview and Renaissance Place Cinema in Highland Park, only requires all theatergoers wear masks in areas where local ordinances require it, said Margot Gerber, vice president of marketing and publicity. So far, that only applies to its Los Angeles and St. Louis theaters.
New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week advising everyone to wear masks indoors in places where COVID-19 cases are rising quickly left some Chicago-area businesses wondering whether they would soon be back in the position of asking customers to mask up.
Other features in the house include three bathrooms, a rambling floor plan, a living room with a large brick fireplace, wood-beamed ceilings, a family room that is completely surrounded by windows, radiant heated floors, a new roof, an eat-in kitchen with updated granite countertops and stainless steel appliances and a primary bedroom suite with a walk-in closet.
Melissa Matarrese is seen on the North Side of Chicago on July 29, 2021. She is a victim of a type of unemployment fraud in which thieves hijack the accounts of legitimate filers and then direct the money to the thieves’ accounts. She has been trying to rectify the situation through the Illinois Department of Employment Security. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
While Colleen Lewis, president of Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, said staffing shortages are a major concern, she cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as hope for the future. It predicts that employment of veterinarians and technicians will grow 16% nationally from 2019 to 2029, which is much faster than average.
Last year, the Park District did not receive its annual $1.5 million payment because of the cancellation. However, it still received $750,000 under the deal’s “force majeure” clause, which covers fire, hurricane, flood, tornado, “act of God,” terrorist act, mechanical or structural failure, civil commotion and other developments that are “not reasonably foreseeable” and are beyond “reasonable control.”
Just a day before the lottery, though, a judge ordered that the licenses can’t be awarded until he rules on a lawsuit challenging the process. Cook County Judge Moshe Jacobius allowed the state to hold the lottery, which allows winning applicants to start proceeding with business plans, but the licenses may not yet formally be awarded.