Flexible retirement options for NHS staff – information for branches
This article explores the options available to NHS Pension Scheme members. UNISON branches should ask their employer/s to discuss flexible working policies and seek to negotiate fair and equitable processes for applications. Members who retire must notify UNISON to update their membership to ensure they remain members. What is changing? From 1 April 2022, all active pension scheme members in the NHS are in the 2015 Section of the NHS Pension Scheme. Many NHS staff will have accrued pension benefits in either or both of the two legacy sections(1995 section and 2008 section ). New flexibilities coming in from 1 October 2023 ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 21, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Hassan Govia Tags: Article Source Type: news

VA: Solicitation of Nominations for the Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as members of the Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs to represent the California and Nashville Indian Health Service (IHS) areas. The Committee provides advice and guidance to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on all matters relating to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Native American Veterans. Nominations are due by October 20, 2023.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - September 21, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Balancer blames ‘social engineering attack’ on DNS provider for website hijack
The team behind Balancer, an Ethereum-based automated market maker, believes a social engineering attack on its DNS service provider was what led to its website’s frontend being compromised on Sept. 19, leading to an estimated $238,000 in crypto stolen. “After investigation, it is clear that this…#ethereum #dns #balancerui #utc #appbalancerfi #luxembourg #slowmist #angeldrainer #ip #eth
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Amazon executives accused by FTC of helping deceive Prime users
The regulator said they helped orchestrate an alleged plan to make it difficult for customers to cancel subscriptions to the company's Prime membership service.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service.
Source: NYT Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Health and Human Services Department Federal Aid (US) Biden, Joseph R Jr United States Politics and Government Source Type: news

Biden Administration Announces $600M to Produce No-Cost COVID Tests
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service. Twe...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Biden Administration Source Type: news

Klaviyo ’s stock opens almost 23% above IPO price to extend streak of upbeat debuts
Shares of Klaviyo Inc. were cheered in their Wall Street debut, as the digital-marketing software-as-a-service company’s stock opened 22.5% above its initial public offering price. The company sold 19.2 million shares in its IPO, which priced at $30 a share, which was above the expected range.…#klaviyoinc #klaviyo
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why US hotels are missing more than 238,000 employees
Augusta Saraiva | Bloomberg Tourism is back in the US — but hotel workers are not. Hotels and resorts learned to operate with leaner staffing models during the pandemic. Three years later, Covid-era band-aids like self-service kiosks and less frequent housekeeping have now become the new normal…#augustasaraiva #hotels #alexikhajavi #questex #lasvegas #mgmgrand #priscilla #renaissance #hollylang #smartbarusas
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mainstack ’s no-code online business service eliminates cross-border payment complexity
Ayobami Oyaleke and Olamide Akinola grew up in Nigeria dreaming of launching a tech startup. Today they are living that dream with Mainstack, a no-code website-building tool for small business owners that includes a twist: a tool that makes it easy to accept cross-border payments. Mainstack is…#ayobamioyaleke #olamideakinola #nigeria #oyaleke #akinola #google #meta #cto #techstars #quickbooks
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

BTS Members Renew Contracts With Big Hit Music, Will Continue After 2025
BTS will be renewing their contracts under Big Hit Music, the seven-member South Korean boyband’s longtime label announced on Wednesday. With some of its members having enlisted in government-mandated military service, the label ensured fans that the band will continue to work with the Big Hit “on…#bts #bighitmusic #southkorean #bighits #hybe #oliviarodrigo #suga #jhope #korea #army
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Heading Upstairs With Roy Lichtenstein
With the 100th birthday of Roy Lichtenstein approaching on Oct. 27, can we please turn our attention to the meaning of the word “forever?” Art is long and life is short, the maxim goes, but now even the new Lichtenstein stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service for the artist’s centennial come with…#roylichtenstein #lichtenstein #uspostalservice #largeversion #beverlyhills #bauhausstairwaymural #impei #gagosiangallery #whitneymuseum #manhattan
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The cable and streaming singularity comes closer as Max is going to offer free live sports streaming until March 2024
The difference between cable and streaming continues to shrink in 2023, as sports fans are going to have another option to catch the MLB playoffs and March Madness in the coming weeks. Streaming service Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery unit formerly known as HBO Max, has announced plans to offer…#mlb #marchmadness #warnerbrosdiscovery #hbo #bleacherreport #nba #ncaamens #tnt #luissilberwasser #beyondmarchmadness
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Instacart CEO says its IPO was for employees as the grocery delivery service lets workers sell their stocks
Instacart’s long-awaited initial public offering on Tuesday made it one of the largest companies to go public this year, marking a potential turning point in the recent lull of public listings. But the grocery delivery service's employees could be the real victors of the stock market debut, as the…#instacart #fidjisimo #dierdrebosa #siliconvalley #secfi #s1 #fortunecom #fortune
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Amazon ’s Alexa Gets an AI-Powered Upgrade
Amazon.com is upgrading its cloud-based voice service, known as Alexa, with generative artificial intelligence technology so it can converse more like a human, the comp...#amazoncom #alexa
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

No winners from government rowing back on net-zero policies
Responding to Rishi Sunak’s announcement today (Wednesday) that the government is delaying some important climate targets, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “There’ll be no winners from this. Rowing back on net-zero goals could cost jobs, put up energy bills and damage the UK’s international reputation. “The government should be helping everyone to meet existing climate targets and secure the country’s long-term future. Not abandoning them for short-term political gain to please some members of the Conservative Party. “Reaching climate goals has to be a key priority, not a nice add-on when times...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release just transition net zero Source Type: news

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