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Employers can require and incentivize vaccinations

As local employers continue to work to build up their workforce and bring employees back into a variety of workplaces, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has stepped in to provide some additional guidance to make all workplaces safer. The EEOC now says that employers are allowed to require that employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, and they can also provide incentives to employees who get the shots. But there are some caveats. The new EEOC language allows employers to require the vaccine, and to provide incentives – including cash incentives — but they must also ...

Shults donates to CASA for Child Abuse Prevention Month

The Shults Auto Group has made a donation to CASA of Chautauqua County as part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. CASA of Chautauqua County is asking community members to take a stand against child abuse. The Shults Auto Group is helping pay for CASA’s Pinwheels for Prevention ...

Family Health Medical Services back in Mayville

MAYVILLE — Family Health Medical Services has returned to its previous location at 95 E. Chautauqua St., Mayville. After a recent relocation to 216 E. Main St., Westfield, in December, Family Health Medical Services officials were approached with an opportunity to resume operations in the ...

Administrative Service Award recipients named at SUNY Fredonia

FREDONIA — The 2020 Outstanding Administrative Service Awards have been presented to five State University at Fredonia employees, whose collective service spans more than 60 years and all major departments within the Finance and Administration division. “Thank you for your resilience and ...

SBDC networking program will be held June 12

The next Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College Women in Networking program will be held at noon Thursday, June 12. The presentation “Securing Funding Sources for Your Business” will be given by Jennifer Wedzik give participants tools for finding and applying for loans and grants through various resources. Wedzik has managed credit operations in excess of $450 million and now oversees the day-to-day operations for numerous small businesses. Wedzik is also a part-time business advisor with the Small Business Development Center, which allows her to share ...

Healogics Wound Center to open Tuesday in Dunkirk

Healogics Wound Care Center located at 529 Central Ave., in Dunkirk will open on Tuesday to offer advanced wound care for people living with chronic, non-healing wounds. Brooks-TLC Hospital System has partnered with Healogics, the nation’s leading provider of advanced, chronic wound care services. Healogics is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., and has a nationwide network of more than 600 Wound Care Centers. It is estimated that chronic wounds affect 6.7 million people in the U.S. and that number is rising, fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of conditions such as ...