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Employers are offering new benefits, from elder care to pet PTO
A few months ago, when Annika Cha adopted her rescue puppy Ollie, she tapped into her company’s “pawternity” policy. Cha, 26, and based in St. Paul, Minn., is an account manager at 9Sail, a digital marketing agency with headquarters in West Islip, LI. She was able to take off four half-days thanks to the company policy that covers two days for employees upon adopting a dog or cat. The first-time pet parent updated her Slack status to “PTO: Ollie” without needing to tap into any of her 18 annual days of paid time off to bond with her pooch. “I live in an...
Sunnyside’s 2.2-Mile Food Crawl Returns To Queens This October
Get hungry for the annual Taste of Sunnyside restaurant crawl, returning to Queens this fall on October 13th. The event is put on by Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District annually to spotlight the wonderful local restaurants of the neighborhood. A post shared by Sunnyside Shines (@sunnysideshines) This year’s crawl will feature more than 60 participating restaurant vendors across a 2.2 mile stretch, including but not limited to: A post shared by Sunnyside Shines (@sunnysideshines)
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