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Tech transformation | Accenture disputes AI spending cap claim amid reports of $1,000 employee bills
Reports of a small monthly AI allowance at Accenture highlight a challenge for employers:...
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'Sunday scaries' | Workplace anxiety hits more than half of U.S. workers
Nearly one in four workers experience anxiety or dread about the workweek every Sunday,...
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'Unsafe, hostile' | Tesla trial hears claims of racial harassment & unanswered HR complaints
Former Tesla employees have told a California court that Black workers faced racial...
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WFH | Disney expands its office mandate to remote tech employees
Disney is extending its return-to-office requirements to more product and technology...
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$1m payout | Starbucks settles DEI lawsuit, agrees to nationwide limits on hiring & pay policies
Starbucks has agreed to pay $1 million and avoid race or sex-based preferences in...
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'Simpler & faster' | Uber to cut more than 3,000 jobs in drive to reduce management layers
Uber plans to eliminate more than 3,000 jobs worldwide as the ride-hailing and delivery...
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No fairytale ending | PwC scraps Disney World finale for summer interns
Big Four firm replaces long-running Orlando celebration with a greater focus on team-based...
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Staff survey | Microsoft employees report stronger engagement but weaker manager support
Microsoft employees say they feel more energized and empowered at work, but have...
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Monitoring | Meta scales back AI employee monitoring tool after staff backlash
Meta has scaled back a controversial employee monitoring program designed to help...
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Jamie Dimon | JPMorgan chief urges firms to 'fire the a**holes', reasserts stance on remote work
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has doubled down on the importance of maintaining strong...
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'Voluntary exit' | Google offers buyouts to U.S. employees in latest headcount reduction
Google has offered to buy workers out of their employment contracts across several...
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Stakeholder shake-up | Tinder parent company to cut jobs as activist investors seek changes
The parent company behind dating app Tinder will let go about six percent of its...
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'Historic moment' | Apple store staff secure landmark union deal to improve pay & work-life balance
Apple and the union representing retail workers at a store in Maryland have agreed...
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Visibility vs productivity | Execs & HR admit RTO mandates are meant to make staff quit
HR professionals admit a desire for staff turnover when imposing RTO mandates...
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'Progressive virtue signaling' | CrowdStrike faces DEI lawsuit, days after suggestions diversity played part in global IT outage
The cybersecurity firm behind last week's global IT crash is facing claims of discrimination...
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'Very difficult decision' | Financial software firm Intuit to cut 1,800 jobs as focus shifts to AI
A financial software firm parting ways with approximately 1,800 global employees...
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'Unethical behavior' | Wells Fargo fires multiple employees caught 'simulating' keyboard activity to fake work
Wells Fargo has fired more than a dozen employees for allegedly 'faking' their...
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'Pervasively sexist culture' | Elon Musk & SpaceX sued over alleged unfair firings & sex discrimination
Engineers have filed a lawsuit against SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging they...
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Legal Fight | Union files lawsuit against car manufacturers over alleged anti-union tactics
The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Honda,...
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'Notoriously hostile' | Citigroup MD sues with claims of sexual harassment by ex-colleague
A Citigroup managing director is suing the company with claims that a former colleague...
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