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    Amazon to cut hundreds of roles at subsidiaries

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jan 2024

    Amazon is axing roles at its companies Prime Video, Twitch and MGM.

    • Uber
    • USA
    • North America

    Uber and Lyft drivers were ‘cheated’ of pay in New York

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023

    Under the settlement neither company will have to admit fault. Both firms deny wrongdoing yet have praised the announcement.

    • Hybrid working
    • USA
    • Employee engagement

    Amazon joins Google in demanding more office attendance

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2023

    Amazon has become the latest tech giant to enforce a more rigid approach to staff attendance in its offices.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • USA
    • North America

    Hollywood actors strike over pay and threat from AI

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jul 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jul 2023

    The risk to actors’ livelihoods from AI and poor rates of pay from streaming has led 160,000 performers in the US to strike, shutting down all Hollywood TV and film productions.

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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
    • North America
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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.

    • 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.

    • USA
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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.

    • Europe
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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.

    • Age discrimination
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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.

    • USA
    • Manufacturing
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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.

    • Coronavirus
    • USA
    • North America

    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.

    • USA
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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...

    • Collective redundancy
    • USA
    • North America

    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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