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    Lessons from US-based company’s trial of a four-day week

    by Robert Graham 18 Nov 2022
    by Robert Graham 18 Nov 2022

    The concept of a four-day work week has gained traction in the UK, but how feasible is it in other...

    • USA
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    Elon Musk may cut half of Twitter’s workforce

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Nov 2022

    Some 3,700 jobs – half the firm's workforce – are likely to be cut at Twitter, as new chief executive Elon Musk makes his mark on the social media company.

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    FTSE 100 firms outpace US and Canadian businesses on diversity

    by Jo Faragher 19 Jul 2022
    by Jo Faragher 19 Jul 2022

    FTSE 100 companies perform better than their US and Canadian counterparts in diversity and inclusion, but many employees still do...

    • USA
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    Roe v Wade: US employers rally to support staff with abortion costs

    by Jo Faragher 27 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 27 Jun 2022

    US employers have agreed to cover travel expenses where staff need to seek abortions in the wake of the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade.

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    Google to pay $118m to settle equal pay lawsuit in US

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2022

    Google is to pay $118 million (£97.7m) to settle an equal pay lawsuit covering thousands of female employees in the US.

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    How the Global Business Mobility visa will overhaul how firms move staff to the UK

    by Vanessa Ganguin 14 Apr 2022
    by Vanessa Ganguin 14 Apr 2022

    The Global Business Mobility visa route represents a major overhaul of the immigration system for businesses bringing in foreign workers. So what's changed and how has the sponsor system been adapted?

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    Europe looks to ensure full compliance with ESG rules

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    Under new ESG proposals the local operations of firms such as McDonald's and General Motors would have to comply with European reporting rules.

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    Ukraine: ‘I don’t care if I’m fired. You have to do something’

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Mar 2022

    With so many workers from eastern Europe working for international firms in the UK and elsewhere, tensions between employees over the invasion are inevitable.

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    Age discrimination: IBM accused of calling older staff ‘dinobabies’

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Feb 2022

    IBM has been accused of attempting to force out older workers in order to shift the age profile of its workforce.

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    Tesla faces California court fight over race discrimination

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Feb 2022

    Tesla alleged to have kept black workers in the lowest level roles and paid them less than white colleagues.

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    US Supreme Court votes against vaccine mandate

    by Jo Faragher 14 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 14 Jan 2022

    The US Supreme Court has blocked the government from imposing vaccine mandates that would have covered more than 80 million employees.

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    ‘Great resignation’ in US as employees leave jobs in record numbers

    by Jo Faragher 5 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 5 Jan 2022

    The number of US workers leaving their jobs hit a record high in November, suggesting the ‘great resignation’ has become...

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    US company fires hundreds of staff over Zoom

    by Personnel Today 7 Dec 2021
    by Personnel Today 7 Dec 2021

    A US company has come under fire after it dismissed 900 employees in a single Zoom meeting.
    Vishal Garg, CEO...

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    Duchess of Sussex calls for federal paid parental leave in the US

    by Rob Moss 21 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 21 Oct 2021

    Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has written to the US Congress calling for paid leave for parents to be written...

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    Culture of sexism at Jeff Bezos’s rocket firm, staff allege

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2021
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2021

    A letter by whistleblowers states ‘Numerous senior leaders have been known to be consistently inappropriate with women.’

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