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For love nor money | 'Thousands and thousands' of Lyft, Uber, & DoorDash drivers to strike on Valentine's Day over unfair pay
Multiple drivers' unions including Justice For App Workers and Rideshare Drivers United have united...
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‘Chilling’ surveillance | Starbucks, Walmart, & AstraZeneca all using AI to monitor employee messaging
This type of software has a variety of applications in the workplace including real-time monitoring of...
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Super absenteeism | 16.1 million U.S. employees to miss work after Super Bowl Sunday
One in five people managers plan to miss at least some work, and over one in ten have previously admitted...
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$250,000 fine | CVS pharmacy understaffing risked staff & patient safety, 20 further stores under investigation
The store must ensure sufficient staffing is scheduled “at all times in order to minimize fatigue,...
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‘Difficult decision’ | Snap lays off 10% of workforce including DE&I & HR analytics in RTO push
This is the latest high-profile case of job cuts affecting HR workers, following reports of job cuts...
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‘New deception tactics’ | Employee costs company $25 million after scam call with deepfaked CFO
Despite not taking part in the meeting conversation, they received several orders from the deepfaked...
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Vince McMahon | Former employee claims WWE “sought to conceal" McMahon's alleged sex trafficking
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday and first reported by The Wall Street Journal, includes accusations from...
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Viral firing | Target employees terminated for buying TikTok-trending Stanley cups
Many of the employees who have been terminated say they were unaware of the rule, or unaware that the...
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Union victory | CSU workers end strike after securing second tentative deal in four days
The agreement tentatively proposes a five per cent pay increase for all faculty backdated to July 1 2023,...
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‘Jobs may disappear’ | IMF: AI will affect up to 40% of jobs and widen inequality
The IMF finds that AI could widen existing inequalities in capability and pay. In advanced economies...
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Legal battle | SpaceX fights back after being accused of firing staff who criticised Elon Musk
SpaceX has launched legal action in response to claims that it sacked employees who criticised their...
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Franchise fracas | Pastor husband of McDonald's employee arrested after "appalling" attack on colleague
A pastor has been arrested for allegedly attacking his wife's co-worker over accusations of disrespect...
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Union busting | Starbucks survives union complaint, admits need for progress, and faces fresh allegation all on same day
Starbucks was greeted with a fresh complaint the National Labor Relations Board, alleging 23 stores were...
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Lazy workforce | Millionaire founder tells staff 'return to office or risk being outsourced to India'
A multimillionaire business founder has warned employees working from home that their roles can be easily...
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War for talent | McDonald's must face antitrust claims over worker 'poaching,' court rules
A U.S. appeals court has revived claims that McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) violated federal antitrust law by...
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'Best assistant ever' | Employees are using ChatGPT to help them work multiple full-time jobs
By now, most of us have experimented with ChatGPT and tested the bounds of its capabilities, and this...
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'I walked away' | Hybrid worker quits $100k job after firm imposes full-time office return
An employee gave up a lucrative job after bosses told the workforce to return to the office...
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Google, In-N-Out & Box | Glassdoor shares what makes a top US employer in '23
We're almost an entire month into 2023, and once again it appears the year ahead will be a rocky one...
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'Badmin' | Employees are wasting an entire month of their year on unnecessary tasks
New research reveals the shocking amount of time lost to repetitive admin work...
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Wooing the workforce | 'Job cuffing' is a new opportunity to boost employee loyalty this Winter, expert says
Another romance term becomes a HR buzzword...
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