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‘Extensive violations’ | Apple illegally restricted employees' use of Slack & social media, NLRB claims
An NLRB complaint alleges an Apple employee was fired after they used Slack to push...
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'Blatant disregard' | Department of Labor hands out penalties over temporary worker treatment
The Department of Labor has handed a three year ban to Harvest Plus from a temporary agricultural worker...
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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 higher) to leave...
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44 million Slack messages | Disney faces lawsuit after employee data breach
Disney is facing a class action lawsuit over a significant data breach that reportedly...
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NLRB ruling | Former Starbucks CEO broke labor law by telling unhappy employee to “go work for another company"
“Why are you angry at Starbucks?” then interim CEO Howard Schultz asked a barista...
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'Ridicule & harassment' | Trans McDonald's employee wins $930,000 in discrimination lawsuit
The former employee suffered a “barrage of taunts, laughter, ridicule, and harassment” because of...
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‘Coerced employees’ | Apple hit by accusations of illegal workplace rules by NLRB
Apple plans to contest the allegations which claim the tech giant forced employees to sign illegal agreements...
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‘More productive onsite’ | Dell tells sales staff to return to office five days a week
“Our data shows that sales teams are more productive when onsite,” Dell leadership wrote in a memo...
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Four demands | 'You're either killing yourself or you're not enough' - Wells Fargo employees call for change after co-worker death
Denise Prudhomme, 60, was not found for four days after dying in her cubicle. Now her unionized employees...
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‘File an EEOC complaint’ | Waffle House faces employer brand crisis after firing worker for $10,000 viral TikTok
The ex-Waffle House employee claims she didn't violate company policy and has since been given $10,000...
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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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Unhealthy relationship | CVS pharmacy workers struggling with healthcare costs
More than 7,000 employees at CVS pharmacy locations across California have cast strike...
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‘Currently investigating’ | Over 10,000 Dell employees at risk after reported data breach
Dell is investigating after reports of compromised data including employee names,...
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Wellbeing | Uber announces customer verification scheme to protect safety of its drivers
Uber is rolling out features that would allow its drivers to see "verified" badges...
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‘I tried to say no’ | Further claims of sexual abuse levelled against former Abercrombie boss & staff
Witness testimonies also allege assistants to the ex-CEO wearing Abercombie & Fitch...
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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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Failure to deliver | FedEx in the dock over disabled worker policy
FedEx is at the center of a federal lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity...
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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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Wrongful dismissal? | Sacked Royal Bank of Canada CFO claims allegations of her office relationship were 'manufactured'
The embattled CFO has filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the bank arguing...
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No X-ceptions | Don't travel to Brazil, SpaceX tells employees as Musk feud persists
Staff have been told to avoid any travel “for work or personal reasons” to B...
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Union trouble | Teamsters continue fight for Amazon workers' rights
A National Labor Relations Board prosecutor has concluded that Amazon should be held...
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Unnoticed for 4 days | Wells Fargo 'reviewing procedures' & offering counseling after employee found dead at her desk
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague, Denise Prudhomme,” Wells...
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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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'It’s an injustice' | Democrats ask DOL to explain alleged safety inspection tip-offs given to employers
Anyone found to have given “impermissible advance notice” of an inspection can...
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Wellbeing boost? | IKEA says it is "elevating the co-worker experience" with AI-powered drones
IKEA claims the drones will drive efficiency and improve the physical wellbeing of...
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‘Continuously punching’ | Shake Shack suspends employees amid investigation into alleged assault on gay customer
The burger joint is “committed to taking the appropriate actions” based on the...
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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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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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'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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NesGPT | Nestlé says its GenAI tool saves employees 45 minutes a week
More than 7,000 North American employees have used the tool in the past three months...
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Ethics violation | D.C. agency chief fined after filming "sexually explicit" video with colleague on work phone
Timestamped images and videos showed the acts took place during working hours...
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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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“Unfair labor practices” | NLRB: Amazon "unlawfully" terminated employee who organized anti-RTO protests
The worker organized protests against Amazon's return-to-work directives issued...
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