WFH might be forever
Companies across the country are implementing changes to the workday, says a story in the Albany Business Journal. This decision, whether to allow employees to work from home or not, has been forced on companies large and small in a post-pandemic world and in tight labor market where employees have more power to demand what they wish, the story says. From the story: “A Gallup poll from May 2021 found that 72% of white-collar or office workers were still working remotely, and 35% of all workers want to stay working in a remote capacity as much as possible.”
Bus driver shortages
Ballston Spa schools will pivot to online learning today as the nationwide bus driver shortage shuts down operations, the Daily Gazette is reporting. This should be a one-day outage since a larger-than-normal number of drivers—10—are missing work. Because of scheduling, 10 missing drivers equals 40 missing runs, and the school system does not have backup to fill that many.
The Times Union has a story about Shenendehowa High School's attempts to lure more drivers.
Old Brick in Clifton Park
Old Brick Furniture & Mattress Co. opened its eighth store, this one in Clifton Park, the Daily Gazette is reporting. The 46,000-square-foot store in a hot retail center on Clifton Country Road offers Amish-, New York- and Vermont-made brands and a sales staff, as with their other stores, that works for a salary, not a commission, the story says.
BLM Schenectady activists turn themselves in
Two Black Lives Matter members in Schenectady turned themselves in to police after accusations that they traumatized a 7-year-old at an Aug. 26 protest, says a story in the Daily Gazette. The mother of the boy also yelled at NAACP and the New York Civil Liberties Union in the Capital Region for turning BLM activists into alleged victims of trumped-up police actions. The groups are pushing back saying that the charges against the BLM activists are meant to silence protest.
APA approves Ti solar
The Adirondack Park Agency approved a 20-megawatt solar power project on 100 acres in Ticonderoga, the Adirondack Explorer is reporting. The project includes underground cabling and a new transformer station, connecting the solar panels to the National Grid power system. Ticonderoga has six applications for solar power, and the APA is considering a total of 13, the story says. Four of the total have been approved.