Facebook’s employees reckon with the social network they’ve built ~tech facebook social media Article 4586 words 4 votes
Amazon orders employees to remove TikTok from phones, then backtracks ~tech amazon security Article 253 words 10 votes
Kongregate is no longer accepting new games, will shut down almost all of their chat/forums in three weeks, and is laying off employees ~games Article 386 words 26 votes
Bill requires employers to keep implanted microchips voluntary for workers ~tech privacy Article 247 words 17 votes
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Uber drivers, opening door to $400M class-action lawsuit ~transport Article 461 words 9 votes
The minimum wage in Australia will increase by thirty-five cents to $19.84 per hour, affecting the pay packets of more than 2.2 million people ~finance Article 781 words 14 votes
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter ~tech social media Article 4080 words 7 votes
US Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers ~lgbt Article 514 words 57 votes
US supreme court rules employers cannot discriminate against LGBTQ+ workers ~lgbt Article 571 words 31 votes
Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion ~finance business Article 1422 words 18 votes
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts ~tech facebook social media Article 894 words 16 votes
Inside the flour company supplying America’s sudden baking obsession ~food baking Article 49 words, published May 20 2020 4 votes
Employee monitoring software surges as companies send staff home ~tech privacy Article 1268 words 18 votes
Amazon eliminates pay raises for workers as COVID-19 toll mounts ~finance economics business Article 1069 words 5 votes
If one of your teammates falls ill, is someone prepared to step up? How to minimize the “bus factor.” ~tech Article 1358 words 6 votes
Elon Musk’s billionaire brother—Kimbal Musk—told his workers they were family. Until COVID-19 hit ~food restaurants Article 1763 words, published Apr 7 2020 9 votes
For these Federal employees, telework means productivity is up, their backlog is down ~life work.remote Article 661 words 9 votes
The US wants Mexico to keep its defense and health-care factories open. Mexican workers are getting sick and dying ~finance Article 1934 words 9 votes
Cirque du Soleil has stopped all shows and laid off 95% of all employees, but remains optimistic that it can recover once the pandemic ends ~arts theatre art.performance Article 1907 words 9 votes
Magic Leap cuts half of jobs (about 1000) in major restructuring, plans to focus on enterprise business instead of consumer ~tech Article 7 votes
Calling me a hero only makes you feel better ~life work Article 507 words, published Apr 18 2020 17 votes
Amazon-owned Whole Foods is quietly tracking its employees with a heat map tool that ranks which stores are most at risk of unionizing ~finance business Article 1217 words 20 votes
Norwegian Air reported that four Swedish and Danish subsidiaries had filed for bankruptcy – 4,700 pilots and cabin crew members would be affected ~transport Article 405 words 4 votes
Walmart to require all employees wear face masks starting Monday ~life work Article 414 words 6 votes
PetSmart pressures dog groomers to come into work as "essential labor" ~life.pets Article 1336 words, published Apr 8 2020 8 votes
Amazon warehouse warned staff not to touch shipments for twenty-four hours ~finance business Article 9 votes
A nurse bought protective supplies for her colleagues using GoFundMe. The hospital suspended her. ~health healthcare Article 1993 words 8 votes
Jeff Bezos’ space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic ~space spaceflight.suborbital spaceflight.commercial Article 2028 words 7 votes
Leaked Amazon memo details plan to smear fired US warehouse organizer: ‘He’s not smart or articulate’ ~finance business Article 976 words 16 votes
The US is betting that being furloughed is better than being fired for 600,000 workers ~finance Article 9 votes
Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide "sick-out" ~finance business Article 1051 words 16 votes
Guy Fieri and National Restaurant Association launch relief fund ~food restaurants Article 616 words 5 votes
Australian Federal Government offers $130bn in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers ~finance business Article 681 words 7 votes
Thousands are crowding into free national parks. And workers are terrified of coronavirus ~health Article 1915 words 5 votes
Thousands of New York Police Department officers out sick amid coronavirus crisis ~health Article 234 words 9 votes
USPS needs 1,000 workers in the San Francisco Bay Area to keep up with delivery demands ~finance business Article 218 words 10 votes
Suspension of visa processing for Mexican seasonal workers hits US farms, fisheries ~finance Article 1371 words 7 votes