EMPLOYEES

The Houston Independent School District said some service and sanitation positions were eliminated at the district this week.

Texas Children’s Hospital is in the hot seat and may face a hefty penalty after the U.S. Department of Labor said it failed to protect employees from patients.

The message comes up on employees’ computers shortly before the end of their shifts, starting with a bright red “Warning!!!”

Harris County employees may soon be paid extra to work elections.

Time is winding down for companies with 100 or more employees to get their workers fully vaccinated or tested weekly, as part of a new federal mandate.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is set to sign an executive order that will require all City of Houston employees to get tested for coronavirus twice a month.

The dining room of a Hooters restaurant has felt more like a heater, prompting employees to walk out.

Here are things to know for Monday, June 14:

Some employees of the Houston Independent School District will be seeing a one-time bump in their paychecks for the end of May.

HOUSTON – With all adults in Texas now able to sign up for the COVID vaccine, many employers are coming up with plans to encourage their employees to get vaccinated. We are 22,000-square-feet and it’s just we have to protect everybody.”For now, at the Rice Village salon, it’s not a mandate for employees to get the vaccine, but they are strongly encouraging it. We have to protect our clientele and we have to protect our business. AdWe’ve checked with several local businesses and most, for now, said they are strongly encouraging their employees to get vaccinated, but not requiring it at this time. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office said the Mayor is doing the same thing; encouraging municipal employees to get the vaccine, but not requiring it.

HOUSTON – Employees at The Heights Hospital said they couldn’t get into the building Monday when they showed up for work. “We came to work and we were locked out,” said clinical coordinator Barbie Ortega. One indicates more than $322,000 in back rent, and the other indicates more than $948,000 in back rent. She said patients still showed up so staffers took matters into their own hands, treating what they could in the parking lot. The hospital’s website is currently down and some employees said they do not know if they will still get paid.

LA PORTE, Texas – The La Porte Independent School District is offering $1,000 to most employees under a resolution approved Tuesday night by the district’s board of trustees. The employees earned the incentive for going “above and beyond their duties and responsibilities” during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the board resolution. Trustees voted unanimously to extend a one-time incentive and retention payment to each employee of the district who was employed by Sept. 8, 2020. Substitutes, temporary workers and employees who are on paid or unpaid administrative leave do not qualify for the payment, according to the district. Employees who qualify will receive the payment by the time the district closes for the holidays on Dec. 18.

HOUSTON – H-E-B is giving all hourly employees a bonus for their dedication amid the coronavirus pandemic. The raise will support store, manufacturing, warehouse and transportation partners, the company said. Employees will receive a $2 raises effective March 16 to April 12. “Texans rely on H-E-B and we rely on our great Partners,” H-E-B wrote on Twitter. 1/3 — H-E-B (@HEB) March 20, 2020