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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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    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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    US president mandates vaccinations for companies with 100+ staff

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2021
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2021

    Federal government workers, as well as federal healthcare workers, will also be expected to have received the vaccine.

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    Amazon to hire 55,000 more staff and offers £50 weekly bonus for on-time UK workers

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2021

    About 2,500 of the jobs, most of which are in corporate and technology roles, will be in the UK, where workers can collect a bonus for being on time.

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    Former boss behind MyPayrollHR fraud in US sentenced to 12 years in prison

    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2021
    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2021

    The man behind a $70m payroll fraud that left thousands of people without paychecks has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $101m in restitution.

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    Amazon delays office staff’s return to the workplace

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021

    Office staff were originally due back on 7 September, but the online retailer has announced a new date of 3 January 2022.

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