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'Get the f*** out' | Musician's Club CEO goes viral after firing 99 employees via Slack for missing meeting
The CEO of an online musical instrument marketplace has triggered a backlash after sacking 99 employees...
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8000 jobs | Agricultural giant Cargill cuts 5% of workforce to tackle 'duplication of work'
Agricultural giant Cargill has announced a huge round of layoffs, with around 8,000 jobs set to be eliminated...
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Blue Yonder outage | Starbucks forced to schedule shifts & calculate staff pay manually after ransomware attack
Starbucks has been forced to schedule shifts and calculate staff pay manually following a ransomware...
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Prime protest | Amazon faces Black Friday disruption as thousands of workers strike over pay, rights, and climate policy
Thousands of Amazon employees across more than 20 countries are preparing to strike and protest on Black...
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Efficient but expensive | Latest financials show Facebook owner paid out $86k per redundancy
The benefits of talent retention and the costs of redundancies have been laid bare in Meta's most recent...
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'Anxiety is real' | Farmers stage protests amid immigration crackdown fears
Farmers across the US are urging the incoming government to reconsider its hardline stance on immigration,...
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Wellbeing case | New York Public Library hit by $4.6m legal challenge over worker's 'tiny' desk
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is facing a $4.6million legal challenge from an employee who claims...
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'HR is terrible' | YouTube star MrBeast accused of fostering 'negative work environment'
The business empire of YouTube star Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has come under fire following allegations...
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DOGE backs RTO | Musk and Ramaswamy target federal payroll with five-day return-to-office push
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have adding further detail to their proposed changes to the federal workforce,...
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First Republic Bank layoffs | JPMorgan Chase sheds 335 staff as integration winds down
JPMorgan Chase is laying off 335 employees in San Francisco who were part of its 2023 acquisition of...
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‘Transaction award’ | Paramount's Chief People Officer to land $1m payout for retaining key staff during Skydance sale
Multimedia and entertainment conglomerate Paramount Global will pay its Chief People Officer a $1million...
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'Responsible' innovation | US Patent Office bans staff from using gen-AI tools like ChatGPT for day-to-day work
Paul Fucito, a press secretary for the USPTO, clarified that employees are now able to use some generative-AI...
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No let up in layoffs | GM, Marriot, and Associated Press latest to make cuts to workforce
While recent headlines have been dominated by mass layoffs in the tech sector, it seems no industry is...
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Meta mayhem | Companies using tech to crack down on corporate card misuse
As workplaces grow more vigilant about enforcing rules, employees worldwide are facing increased scrutiny,...
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'Laptop luggers' | Remote workers will spend longer away over the holidays, but will be working, says survey
The rise of remote work is reshaping how Americans approach holiday travel, with nearly half of employed...
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Zoom interruptions...good? | Remote work strengthens employee relationships, HBR research suggests
The push to bring employees back to the office is intensifying, as major corporations scale back on the...
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Merger misery | ExxonMobil to shed nearly 400 roles following Pioneer acquisition
ExxonMobil has confirmed nearly 400 job cuts in Texas as part of its recent acquisition of Pioneer Natural...
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FEMA furore | Emergency agency worker dismissed over anti-Trump bias
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee has been dismissed following accusations of political...
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'Systemic pattern' | Amazon sued over allegations of 'insurmountable' race and gender bias
Amazon finds itself embroiled in yet another legal tussle, this time over a lawsuit filed in US federal...
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'Difficult actions' | Jeep manufacturer lays off over 1,100 workers at Ohio plant - but offers 'generous' severance
About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, face layoffs early next year as the...
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