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‘Alignment Offer’ | Automattic CEO will pay staff $30,000 to leave if they oppose his legal battle with WP Engine
159 employees have taken an offer of $30,000 or six months' salary (whichever is...
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Musk ultimatum | X loses severance pay legal battle with ex-employee - and now faces 2,000 further complaints
Over 2,000 ex-Twitter employees claim they were not paid enough severance after leaving...
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‘We just need more people' | Sam's Club bumps pay to stop workers joining Costco
Minimum wage will jump from $15 to $16 per hour, with 100,000 employees also set...
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‘This is about respect’ | Boeing hit with strike by 33,000 workers after pay deal rejected
New CEO Kelly Ortberg earlier said strike action could put Boeing's “recovery...
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‘The best contract' | Boeing agrees to historic pay rise, possibly averting strike by 33,000 workers
The agreement will deliver a 25% pay raise for unionized staff over a four-year contract,...
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‘Totally blindsided’ | Hundreds of staff left without pay after Subway stores suddenly close
The owner of over 23 stores says her bank account was hacked, leading to sudden closures...
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'An important next step' | Massachusetts latest state to embrace pay transparency
Massachusetts has become the latest state to enact pay transparency legislation to...
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Comp | Starbucks appoints shock new CEO with $113m pay packet (that's 16,740,440 caramel macchiatos)
The compensation package is four times the value of that of outgoing CEO Laxman...
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“A LOT of underpayment” | McDonald's to reimburse 40,000 after payroll issue that lasted a decade
McDonald's has contacted tens of thousands of staff employed between November 2009...
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Performance | Microsoft CPO tells staff: Prioritize security or risk losing promotions & pay raises
Microsoft employees “will have to demonstrate how they've made impactful security...
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“Unfortunate” | EEOC will furlough all staff for one day in August after budget difficulties
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that enforces civil...
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Special bonus | Microsoft surprises staff with one-off cash bonus rewarding “tremendous work”
Non-executive employees will receive a payment of an additional 10% to 25% of the...
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‘Billions of dollars' | 28,000 American Airlines flight attendants set for major wage hike after agreeing new deal
A tentative agreement has been reached after a 17% pay hike was rejected in June...
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‘No pay no planes’ | 99% of Boeing factory workers vote to authorize strike
Workers at Boeing's Washington state factory are seeking a 40% raise...
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‘Sickening’ | 1,000 employees will be fired & left unpaid as Redbox closes down
Redbox's parent company will fire 1,000 employees after filing for bankruptcy and...
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“Unfair labor practices” | Thousands of Disney cast members set to vote on strike action
The bargaining unit argues Disney has engaged in “egregious” labor practices...
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Retaliation | HR to receive training as Microsoft agrees to $14m leave discrimination settlement
Employees using protected leave since 2017 were denied raises, promotions, and stock...
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“New slaves” | Kanye lawsuit alleges employees were subject to racism, unpaid labor, & unsolicited porn sent by wife Bianca
The suit alleges staff were “mocked with racist jabs” and “regularly and viciously...
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$175m settlement | Uber & Lyft agree landmark $32.50 minimum hourly pay for Massachusetts drivers
Drivers are also now entitled to paid sick leave, occupational accident insurance,...
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‘We have a lot of leverage’ | Boeing staff seek 40% pay rise, 50 years of job security as 737 max crisis spirals
Boeing's biggest union says it has “a lot of leverage” right now
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