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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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‘Shortsighted’ | Volkswagen could end a no-layoff pledge that's lasted 30 years
Volkswagen's CEO admitted the company couldn't rule out plant closures despite a promise to avoid...
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Strategic resource assessment | Goldman Sachs to cut over 1,300 employees in annual exodus of low performers
Hundreds of employees will be dismissed bringing Goldman's workforce cuts this year to a total of around...
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Golden touch | Flexible working sends American employee to the Paralympics
Medical device company Medtronic, has shown how flexible working arrangements and...
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Artificial bosses | Google pioneers AI leadership meetings, but staff aren't happy
Offering a tantalising glimpse of a future without meetings with your boss, Google...
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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 employees...
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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 improve wage equity...
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Employee rights | Amazon & SpaceX among those gaining ground against NLRB with constitutional challenges
Employers are relying on the US Constitution to help undermine the work of the National Labor Relations...
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"Redundant functions" | Paramount just announced layoffs to 15% of its workforce. People aren't happy with its co-CEOs
Around 2,000 Paramount staff will lose their jobs in the layoffs which will focus on “redundant functions...
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United We Ride? | Harley-Davidson reviewing DEI policies amid activist backlash
Harley-Davidson is the latest company to be targeted by anti-DEI activists, after Tractor Supply and...
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‘Torture’ | Dell lays off 12,500 employees to become “leaner” in shift toward AI
10% of Dell's workforce are set to lose their jobs, with many employees predicting...
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‘Cockroaches of the factory’ | Boeing workers describe unsustainable pressure, low morale, & confusion ahead of door blowout hearing
Testimonies from Boeing 737 Max factory workers were released Tuesday ahead of a...
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Viral post | Walmart worker claims their store management has a "no quit” program
An image shared by the worker appears to show a notice from Walmart management pushing...
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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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Badge scans | Salesforce's CEO once said RTO was "never going to work." Now he's ordered staff back to the office
Many workers are expected to be in the office four to five days per week under the...
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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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‘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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“It’s maddening” | Amazon cracks down on 'coffee badging' as employees dodge in-office requirements
Multiple teams have been told to remain in the office for at least two to six ho...
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“The wrong direction” | Dell sees major drop in engagement metric after RTO push
Dell's employee net promoter score has dropped from 62 to 48 in one year, according...
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“Egregious misstep” | The world's largest HR body wants to change IE&D to just I&D. HR pros really aren't happy about it
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) encouraged members to adopt an inclusion-first...
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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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‘Greed’ | John Deere to lay off 600 employees as workers condemn production shift to Mexico
Workers have expected the news for several weeks, with three US factories set for...
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Internal mobility | Walmart says 75% of its store, club & supply chain leaders started out as hourly associates
Over 180,000 associates were promoted to jobs of greater responsibility and higher...
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'Objective surpassed!' | Société Générale trains 40,000 staff in climate action in bid to embed ESG culture
30% of SocGen's workforce have received ESG training in 18 months as it aims to...
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“A concerning picture” | Working with AI makes employees lonely & less healthy, study finds
“Focus on humans first and AI second,” researchers David De Cremer and Joel Koopman...
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“Woke priorities” | Tractor Supply Co. axes DEI program & ESG goals after conservative criticism
Criticism from conservative customers has prompted the Tractor Supply Company to...
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Underperformance | Walgreens will offer "vast majority" of employees jobs elsewhere amid significant store closures
"We don't see this as an employee reduction, we see this as a footprint reduction,”...
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'This does a better job' | Morgan Stanley hopes its new AI assistant will save its wealth advisors thousands of hours of labor
“Debrief” will craft summarize meeting notes and draft emails for the bank's...
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PwC survey | Great Resignation greater than ever in 2024 amid GenAI rollout & rising workloads
28% of those surveyed by PwC said they were “very or extremely likely” to move...
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“Key to our success” | Netflix announces rare revision of iconic culture playbook
The original 125-page playbook is one of the most influential pieces of HR documentation...
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