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DENVER, Colo. -- A man quit his job after he says he was told he couldn't work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak. Now, the company is making changes.On Thursday, Charter Communications made changes to its policies to help employees during crisis. The company says it will now let employees they believe "can remain productive outside the office without endangering our obligation to provide critical services" work remotely. Charter says employees will receive an additional three weeks of paid time off to be used for "any COVID-19-related personal need."The company also said in a statement, it is working on "increased social distancing" plans in its call centers and operations facilities.Last week, Denver-based systems engineer Nick Wheeler resigned from Charter over the company not letting him work remotely. "The science of social distancing is real. We have the complete ability to our jobs from home,¡± he wrote in an email to hundreds of people at Charter. Wheeler says Charter wouldn't let employees work from home. He says much of his work was done on a laptop.¡°What I do is literally interfaced with systems that are in data centers in other states,¡± Wheeler said. Wheeler says he and co-workers recently raised concerns as the outbreak grew. Then, he sent the email last week. It went to 460 people at Charter, including his senior vice president. "Coming into the office now is pointlessly reckless it¡¯s also socially irresponsible. Charter, like the rest of us, should do what¡¯s necessary to stop the spread of coronavirus,¡± Wheeler wrote. ¡°I included everybody because everybody was involved. It¡¯s a pretty serious crisis,¡± he said. Wheeler says not long after that email, he was called to his boss' office. He was given the option of using his vacation time. "I could take my personal leave time and go home and stay home as long as I have leave time, if I was worried about my health,¡± Wheeler said. ¡°I took my badge off and I offered it to my vice-president because I didn¡¯t feel that was an appropriate response.¡±Charter agreed he¡¯d resign.When asked about Wheeler's situation, Charter said it would not discuss internal police or specific employee situations. The company did provide this statement on Wednesday: 2254
¡¡¡¡COLUMBUS, Ohio ¡ª Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine confirmed the state¡¯s fifth case of COVID-19 Thursday, banned many public gatherings and announced all Ohio schools ¡ª public, private and charter ¡ª 204
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CVS Pharmacy has stopped selling Zantac, as well as its generic version of the heartburn medication, over concerns that they might contain a substance that could cause cancer.CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, said over the weekend it was suspending sale of Zantac and other products which contain ranitidine until further notice. The US Food and Drug Administration said earlier this month that it has learned that some ranitidine -- acid-reducing and heartburn medicines, including those known by the brand name Zantac -- contain low levels of an impurity that could cause cancer.Zantac and its generic counterpart have not been recalled, 666
¡¡¡¡EAST LAKE, Fla. -- A Clearwater, Florida, police officer is facing an ultimatum from her East Lake, Florida, home owners association: Stop parking her marked police cruiser in her driveway or pay hundreds of dollars in fines. "The first thought is, is it a joke? Like this is the most absurd thing I¡¯ve ever heard of,¡± said Dan Parri, a family friend speaking on behalf of the officer and her husband who is also in law enforcement. Parri says officers take home their marked cruisers to speed up response times. He says it also deters crime. ¡°Every place that I¡¯ve ever lived, if I had a police cruiser parked next to me, I felt safer,¡± he said. Florida law says home owners associations can prohibit commercial vehicles from parking in driveways but an 767
¡¡¡¡During an open forum Thursday night, a candidate seeking a city council seat in Marysville, Michigan said she hopes to keep the town "a white community as much as possible."The comment was delivered by Jean Cramer, one of five candidates running for three open city council seats, in response to a question about attracting foreign-born citizens to Marysville, according to the 390
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