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Health risks | Musk's 120-hour DOGE workweek claim raises wellbeing concerns
Elon Musk has boasted that employees at his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are working 120-hour...
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'Live for today' | Gen Z faces challenges amid frozen job market and rising costs
Young workers from Generation Z are facing significant challenges in the US labor market, with limited...
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‘Hunger Games’ | Too many cockroaches, not enough desks: The 'complete chaos' of NASA's return-to-office
The government's HR agency said in-person work will 'strengthen collaboration' as federal staff...
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Inflated costs | JPMorgan sued by staff over prescription drug prices in benefits plan
JPMorgan Chase is facing a lawsuit from employees who claim the company's prescription drug plan, administered...
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Return to golf | Trump's work-from-home stance draws accusations of hypocrisy
Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate for federal workers has faced fresh criticism as his own remote...
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Brought to book | Meta lawsuit blocks promotion of tell-all employee account
Meta has secured an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily block a former employee from promoting...
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'Square one' | Thousands of federal staff cut in Trump's layoffs must be reinstated, Judge orders
The push and pull over the Trump administration's swathing cuts to Federal administrations continues,...
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Year-on-year increase | Flexible work isn't dying off, BLS data shows
The 2024 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report shows a year-over-year increase in the number of...
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'Dual roles' | C-suite structures are undergoing a 'fundamental shift', study finds
Fortune 500 companies are expanding their C-suite teams and redefining executive roles to address changing...
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'Fraud & abuse' | Trump shakes off criticism of DOGE job cuts amid growing backlash
Donald Trump has defended the wave of recent federal layoffs that have sparked mounting criticism, saying...
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'You've got to be in' | Remote work 'doesn't work' in banking, says JPMorgan boss Dimon
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has (yet again) reiterated his opposition to remote work, claiming it...
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'Collaboration' | What's the key to return-to-office success? McKinsey has some answers
As organizations increasingly enforce return-to-office (RTO) mandates, new research from McKinsey says...
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'Turbulence ahead' | US job openings rise despite economic uncertainty from tariffs and large-scale layoffs
The US job market showed resilience in January as job openings increased, though analysts warn that economic...
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Third time | Starbucks faces another lawsuit over wrongful termination allegation
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks,...
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'Illegal mandates' | Musk 'Fork in the Road' email prompts rebuke from EEOC judge
A federal judge has challenged an email directive issued by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency...
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Desk wars | Spotty WiFi, snotty colleagues: JPMorgan's return-to-office is off to a rocky start
Complaints from JPMorgan staffers are coming thick and fast as a tense return-to-office begins.
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Here to stay? | Remote working survey shows limited employee appetite for return-to-office moves
Despite high-profile return-to-office (RTO) announcements from major organisations including Amazon,...
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‘Do not re-hire’ | Meta has an 'unheard of' block list for some ex-employees
Google's former CHRO said he had 'never heard of anything' like Meta's do-not-rehire list.
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'We're not effective' | Starbucks CEO tells staff to work harder amid layoffs & RTO
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has called on corporate employees to return to the office and take greater...
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'Being present' | Deloitte ties staff bonuses to office attendance in RTO push
Deloitte has joined the growing list of major US firms scaling back remote work, with office attendance...
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