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 US 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 in the US 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
Childcare workers at SpaceX are afraid of the coronavirus spreading as Elon Musk forces them to stay open ~space Article 1891 words 9 votes
Tesla’s Fremont factory will reduce its workforce from 10,000 to 2,500 workers ~tech Article 756 words 8 votes
Denmark is helping those who can't work due to coronavirus – why isn't the UK? ~health Article 1098 words 4 votes
Ford weighing shift reductions as UAW presses Big Three US automakers to close factories ~transport Article 495 words 5 votes
Stay home if you want, Musk tells Tesla workers as Fremont plant stays open ~transport Article 488 words 5 votes
Elon Musk told workers they're more likely to die in a car crash than from coronavirus ~finance business Article 958 words 14 votes
Workers at Pacific Grove Hotel on leave without pay due to virus quarantine ~health Article 234 words 5 votes
Norwegian Air crew were shut out of hotel over cash fears – Gatwick hotel asked for upfront payment from lossmaking low-cost carrier ~transport Article 300 words 3 votes
Supporting Google's extended workforce through the COVID-19 outbreak ~tech google Article 340 words 6 votes
Publisher drops Woody Allen's book after Ronan Farrow objects and employees walk out ~books Article 805 words 7 votes
Companies are contracting out more jobs—that’s not great for workers ~life work Article 955 words 10 votes
The problem with telling sick US workers to stay home ~health Article 647 words, published Feb 28 2020 7 votes
Moviefone, worth 1% of its former value, is being run by one employee after parent company’s bankruptcy ~movies Article 502 words, published Feb 15 2020 6 votes
BP worker sacked over Adolf Hitler parody video gets his job back ~life work Article 366 words 6 votes
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app ~tech security Article 619 words, published Feb 20 2020 14 votes
Walmart employees say they’re preparing for job cuts as retailer rolls out its ‘Great Workplace’ program ~finance business Article 1518 words 9 votes
HQ Trivia, the top trivia game on the app store in early 2018, is ceasing operations and terminating all staff today ~tech Article 11 votes