In the ongoing battle between bosses and workers over returning to the office, recent data shows … [+] more people are trudging back to the office. getty In the ongoing battle between bosses and...
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Why Hispanic workers could face an outsized hit in a U.S. recession
Huntstock | Disabilityimages | Getty Images Turbulent times may be ahead for Hispanic workers, a new report from Wells Fargo found. The firm expects Latino workers to take an outsized hit if a mild re...
Crypto.com Has Let Go of Hundreds of Workers
More crypto companies appear to have laid off their staff members. The only difference between them and Gemini and Coinbase is that they apparently did it in secret. The layoffs occurred some time ago...
How China workers stack up against the US, UK and Brazil
Unemployment among China’s youth aged between 16 and 24 has surged to nearly 20%, according to an official survey for July. Pictured here is a job fair in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2022. Jade Gao | Af...
How Leaders Can Reduce Proximity Bias And Embrace Remote Workers
Proximity bias doesn’t just harm workers. It’s also damaging to companies because they miss out on the opportunity to cultivate and reap the rewards of people who have much to offer the organization. ...
Carriers won’t lock out workers, negotiators meet with Labor secretary
Negotiators from railroad carriers and unions met in Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s office Wednesday as the sides tried to negotiate a deal ahead of Friday’s strike deadline. The meeting st...
Why Ingredion Workers Are Still On Strike In Iowa
Ingredion workers picket line in August 2022. BCGTM Local 100G IngredionINGR workers with BCTGM Local 100G in Cedar Rapids, Iowa have been on strike for over a month. We spoke with Jason Davis, Intern...
Goldman Sachs is cutting free coffee as corporate America reels in pandemic perks with workers returning to the office
As Labor Day weekend came to a close and bankers at Goldman Sachs shuffled back to the office on Tuesday morning for the mandatory return to a five-day in-office workweek, they found the free coffee c...
California’s Extreme Heat, Cooking With Lynja On Forbes Top Creators, And A Game-Changer For Fast-Food Workers
It may be back to school, but summer’s heat is far from over. Horrifying temperatures have been hitting California, particularly. In downtown Sacramento on Tuesday afternoon, a 100-year-old record was...
Polygon to Hire 200 New Workers despite Market Downturn: Bloomberg
With the crypto winter spelling the downfall of many cryptocurrency giants like Celsius Network, Three Arrows Capital (3AC), and Voyager Digital, outfits like Polygon are exploring avenues to take adv...
The Boss May Not Like It. But Millions of Workers Aren’t Coming Back to the Office.
Erin Li, a 29-year-old working for an advertising firm in Los Angeles, is looking for a new job that allows full-time remote work. Li is worried that her current employer will require her to work fro...
Google Workers Protest $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
(Bloomberg) — Google employees are ratcheting up pressure on the internet-search giant to abandon its artificial intelligence work with the Israeli government, planning public demonstrations to ...
August jobs report shows declining participation among Black workers
Commuters arrive at Grand Central station during morning rush hour in New York, Nov. 18, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The August jobs report showed the U.S. unemployment rate rise acro...
Web3 Is Still Censoring Sex Workers
TreatDAO’s website lists “450+ creators,” but doesn’t specify how many of those are active users. In an email, a representative from CumRocket, which is still in beta, told CoinDesk that its platform ...
Small businesses desperate for workers even as companies slow hiring
While some companies have slowed the pace of hiring due to concerns about an economic slowdown, the demand from small businesses for new workers has not yet shown signs of declining, Paychex CEO Marty...
Ford Is Balancing Flip Side Of EV Revolution In Cutting 3K Workers
President Biden drives a Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck.T AFP via Getty Images One reason the EV “revolution” has been halting so far is that there are decidedly negative slip sides to...
Three Ways How Blockchain Technology Is Already Changing The Lives Of Thousands Of Workers In Emerging Countries
The rise of the internet made the world feel like a smaller place. Economic globalization allows companies to source talent in all parts of the world, giving billions of people the opportunity to part...
Jealous of Biden’s big gift to students? 17 million workers are still missing out on free money
Jealous of Biden’s big gift to students? 17 million workers are still missing out on free money The promise of free money is typically pretty alluring. After all, millions of people are rejoicin...
Starbucks informs workers at two stores of closures, union claims retaliation
A sign is seen as Activists participate in an event dubbed the Un-Birthday Party and picket line for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on July 19, 2022 in New York City. Activists gathered near SchultzR...
Apple workers tell CEO Tim Cook: ‘We demand location-flexible work’
The self-styled solidarity group AppleTogether launched a petition Monday demanding a more flexible work policy in response to the company’s return-to-office mandate. “We demand that Apple allows each...
60 Migrant Workers Arrested Protesting Dire Conditions
Topline Qatar arrested at least 60 migrant laborers protesting working conditions earlier this month, according to a report Monday from a human rights group, only the latest controversy to hit the cou...
Apple didn’t want to pay hourly workers for the time spent searching their bags. It has now settled a $30.5 million lawsuit
A California judge has approved a $30.5 million settlement by Apple following a decade-long court battle after store employees were forced to stay after work for mandatory bag checks. Back in 2013 whe...
Seattle CEO who cut his pay so workers could earn $70,000 minimum resigns
SEATTLE — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation. Dan Price, the embattle...
Apple wants workers back in the office 3 days a week starting Sept. 5: reports
More than a year after its new hybrid work schedule was announced, Apple Inc. will require its employees to return to the office at least three days a week starting Sept. 5, according to reports Monda...
Inflation has helped push workers back into the industry
High inflation and the money-making opportunities it’s created have driven workers back to the restaurant industry, Danny Meyer told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “There’s no q...
Chipotle to pay $20 million to NYC workers as part of settlement
Chipotle restaurant in New York City Scott Mlyn | CNBC New York City Mayor Eric Adams and city officials announced Tuesday that Chipotle has agreed pay about $20 million to roughly 13,000 workers for ...
This New Talent Marketplace Aims To Better Connect Workers With Climate Careers
A group of colleagues sit at a meeting table in a modern office, discussing renewable energy … [+] solutions. A bike leans against one of the walls. getty The Covid-19 pandemic and the related f...
Costco May Have a Huge Workers Problem
Costco (COST) – Get Costco Wholesale Corporation Report has famously been a good place to work. It even paid its employees $15 an hour way before most places. Glassdoor is a website where empl...
Black workers see rise in unemployment
Commuters arrive at Grand Central station during morning rush hour in New York, Nov. 18, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. job market posted strong growth and a decline in unemploy...
‘The backlash to quiet quitting smacks of another attempt by the ruling class to get workers back under their thumbs:’ Am I wrong?
I have something to get off my chest. Please bear with me. We learned a lot from the (more than) two years of pandemic life. Among those lessons: 1. We can be really effective and productive working ...