After skipping a planned court appearance to respond to accusations, a former facilities worker who is accused of setting up a covert bitcoin mining operation inside a Massachusetts school’s cra...
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Fed: The Imbalance of the Worker Supply Affected The Economy
The geopolitical conflicts and the Covid-19 pandemic severely affected economic growth worldwide. Federal Reserve officials and economists are trying to resolve the workforce shortage in the United St...
AMD Soars After Profit Beat; Intel Cuts Worker Benefits
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) shares soared nearly 13% Wednesday after the chipmaker offered an inline first-quarter outlook, reassuring investors spooked last week when rival Intel Corp. (INTC) i...
Transit Worker Killed After Trying To Stop Gunman In D.C. Metro, Police Say
Topline A gunman opened fire on commuters in a Metro station and near a public bus in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, according to local authorities, killing a transit employee who tried to ap...
Worker on maternity leave says she found out she’d been sacked while feeding her newborn at 4:30 a.m.
A Google employee on maternity leave said she discovered her job had been axed when she was feeding her newborn daughter in the middle of the night, adding to a series of complaints about the methods ...
Remote worker ordered to repay employer for “time theft”
A Canadian accountant has been ordered to repay her employer for “time theft” after the company’s tracking software determined that she was performing personal tasks while she claime...
A Seattle tech worker inspired by the movie ‘Office Space’ swiped $300K from his employer in an alleged software scheme — here are the 3 simple ways to protect your money online
A Seattle tech worker inspired by the movie ‘Office Space’ swiped $300K from his employer in an alleged software scheme — here are the 3 simple ways to protect your money online The 1999 c...
Democrats Push Biden To Use Executive Order For Rail Worker Sick Leave
Topline A group of 73 members of Congress sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday suggesting that an executive order to ensure guaranteed sick time for rail workers, after some Democrats were c...
It Was All A Mistake, iPhone Supplier Says After Violent Worker Protests In China
Hon Hai Precision Industry’s headquarters in New Taipei City. Photographer Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Hon Hai Precision Industry apologized on Thursday for a “techni...
H-1B worker advice, managing remote teams, pitch deck teardown
According to layoffs.fyi, more than 23,000 tech workers have been laid off so far this month. For comparison, the site tracked 12,463 layoffs in October. Facebook’s parent company Meta announced...
High PCE and firm worker compensation point to 75 bps hike
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the Fed’s favoured inflation gauge, the headline personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) was up 0.3% in September (the same as August),...
Election Denier And Proud Boy Supporter Is Now An Election Worker In Michigan
Topline A Michigan county clerk has hired as an election worker a woman who has ties to the extremist Proud Boys group and who urged rioters at the Capitol on January 6 to “storm the gates,” according...
Ex-NSA worker could be executed if found guilty
A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee could face life in prison or a possible death sentence after apparently attempting to sell US defense secrets to Russia in exchange for crypto. Accordi...
Robot Fast Food Cook Costs Less Than Half A Human Worker
Wingman is a robotic chef John Koetsier Nala Robotics has launched a fast food robot that it says can fry chicken wings, French fries, and other foods, season them, and plate them all autonomously. It...
Silicon Valley Tech Worker Suffers Loss Worth Over $1 Million to Crypto Scam
A new crypto scam that preyed on Silicon Valley investors that resulted in the loss of millions of dollars is busted in Bay Area, United States. The crypto scam ‘Pig Butchering’ targets the vict...
Silicon Valley tech worker loses over $1 million to crypto scam
A new cryptocurrency scam accounting for losses running into millions of dollars has been detected in the Bay Area, United States, targeting Silicon Valley investors. The crypto scam dubbed ‘Pig Butc...
Dollar General fined nearly $1.3 million for worker safety violations
A Dollar General store in Creve Coeur, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dollar General is being hit with nearly $1.3 million in fines for worker safety violations after visits by fede...
A West Coast port worker union is fighting robots. The stakes are high
Shipping containers are transported by automated guided vehicles (AGV) beside gantry cranes on the dockside at the Delta Terminal, operated by Europe Container Terminals BV (ECT), at the Port of Rotte...
British Aid Worker Dies After Capture By Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
Topline A British aid worker who was captured by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in April has died in custody, a separatist group official confirmed on Friday, an incident that ...
Involuntary part-time worker numbers dip to lowest level in 21 years
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images The number of Americans who want to work full-time but are forced to work part-time jobs declined in June to its lowest in more than 20 years, according...
The Nearing Worker Backlash Might Be A Colossal Boost For Zoom: Ark Invest
During the initial days of Covid-19 pandemic, Zoom Video Communication was among the hottest shares in the market. Cathie Wood’s team in Ark Invest thinks highly of Zoom and thinks that shares of the ...
Who Is Shaye Moss? Former Elections Worker And Jan. 6 Witness Received Death Threats After Trump Campaign Conspiracy
Topline Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who was scheduled to testify Tuesday at a hearing of the House January 6 committee, rose to prominence after she and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who she counted ballots wit...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest says a coming ‘worker backlash’ could see Zoom skyrocket 1,263% by 2026
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest says a coming ‘worker backlash’ could see Zoom skyrocket 1,263% by 2026 Zoom Video Communications (ZM) was one of the hottest stocks during the early days of the p...
Walgreens, Amazon, Wawa find success with most-often unemployed worker
Walgreens has been training and employing neurodiverse workers since 2007. “What we do know, from data and research, is that this is the highest unemployed demographic in the country,” Car...
An Amazon worker will make a novel shareholder proposal this week
At Amazon’s (AMZN) annual meeting this week, warehouse worker Daniel Olayiwola plans to fight for change at the e-commerce giant in a way that’s both novel and as old as public companies themsel...
Atlantic City smoking ban fight: Worker health vs profits
Legislation pending in New Jersey’s statehouse would end the exemption Atlantic City casinos have long enjoyed from a statewide ban on indoor smoking in public places. About 2,500 casino workers...
U.S. Forgives $6.8 Billion in Public Service Worker Student Loans
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Department of Education approved about $6.8 billion in student debt relief for more than 113,000 borrowers through adjustments to its Public Service Loan Forgiveness Progr...
Opinion: How a ‘529 solution’ can give gig workers health care and retirement benefits and boost the U.S. economy
U.S. workers are increasingly combining multiple income streams, moving from job to job, starting businesses, and craving more independence and control over their time. Changes to worker benefits must...