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Workers at Amazon’s warehouses in California were left “terrified” and “powerless” as the company concealed COVID-19 outbreaks from them, according to the state’s attorney general.

The workers had spent months collecting signatures to call for an election.

The effort could bring a second unionization vote at an Amazon warehouse in less than a year.

The e-commerce giant is still trying to fix the problem, which was exposed in a New York Times report in June.

Facebook has agreed to pay more than $14 million to settle Trump-era claims that it discriminated against American workers when filling lucrative jobs, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

They can make French fries, mix drinks and even clean toilets, and they never ask for a raise. But they also break down.

Large health care systems around the country say that a very small percentage of their workers have missed vaccination deadlines.

Public safety app Citizen is paying contract workers overseas to listen to US emergency scanners, sparking a recent union drive among its New York employees. While staffers at New York City-based Citizen used to be responsible for listening to emergency scanners and writing up reports on police and emergency calls, that task is now being…

Workers at controversial public safety app Citizen are forming a union. Employees of Citizen’s central operations department — a group covering 69 people, including workers who send out public safety alerts based on 911 calls and user reports — filed with the National Labor Relations Board in September to hold a union election, according to…

The two women said they had been fired for speaking out. The company said they had repeatedly flouted its employee policies.

The research showed age alone accounted for 35 percent of the variation between countries in their adoption of robots, with those having older workers far more likely to adopt the machines.

The company realized months ago that it could be running afoul of pay laws in a number of countries but has been slow to fix the problem, according to internal documents.

Amazon will fully fund college tuition for over 750,000 of its frontline employees, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday, stepping up its efforts to attract and retain workers in a tight domestic labor market. It plans to spend about $1.2 billion in the next four years on its US employees, funding full college tuition and…

As the pandemic drags on, more people are beginning and leaving new jobs without once seeing their colleagues face-to-face, leading to an easy-come, easy-go attitude toward workplaces.

The bank’s announcement comes after the Food and Drug Administration gave full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus shots.

“For too long, Apple has evaded public scrutiny,” reads a site recently launched by the group.

As coronavirus cases rise and companies keep workplaces closed, frustrated employees can’t wait to return to their cubicles.

More low-wage employees want opportunities to grow. Big companies are making more promises to help them.

The ballot proposal mirrors an initiative that the companies proposed last year in California. They ultimately prevailed in exempting their workers from a law that would have effectively classified them as employees.

Amazon’s Prime Air team in the UK, which was supposed to pioneer the company’s global drone efforts, has descended into “organized chaos” in the years following its high-profile 2016 launch, Wired reported.

Vaccination “is the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all health care workers,” nearly 60 organizations said in a joint statement.

A Massachusetts couple subjected to threats and other bizarre harassment from former eBay employees filed a civil lawsuit against the Silicon Valley giant on Wednesday.

Critics said the pandemic would make the industry flee San Francisco and its southern neighbor, Silicon Valley. But tech can’t seem to quit its gravitational center.

The need for social distancing led restaurants and grocery stores to seek technological help. That may improve productivity, but could also cost jobs.

Doctors and nurses are reeling from new Covid cases, staff burnout and the prolonged stress of dealing with the pandemic.

Delegates will vote on a resolution pledging “all resources necessary” for efforts to unionize the retail giant.

Outsiders see a business success story for the ages. Many insiders see an employment system under strain.

Tech workers are fleeing San Francisco and New York for cheaper cities — but Miami isn’t a big destination, according to new data.

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers are injured far more often on the job than employees of competitors like Walmart and UPS, according to a new study. In 2020, 5.9 out of every 100 Amazon warehouse workers were victims of “serious injuries” that required them to either miss work or be placed on light duty….

The Himalayan country is considering declaring a health emergency to help contain a second wave that experts say migrant laborers brought back from India.

The pandemic made health care workers a new target for having their personal information shared online, often with real-world consequences.

Rural communities have long complained about their lack of internet access. The pandemic and President Biden’s infrastructure plan are giving them hope for a solution.

Volunteers across the country are responding to people’s fears, coaxing the hesitant and removing obstacles for those who want to get vaccinated.

As pandemic-related scams rise, experts say companies should tread carefully with cybersecurity exercises like one that has prompted anger in Britain.

At least 20 employees have posted publicly that they intend to resign or have already resigned.

They will receive 50 cents to $3 more an hour, the company said.

Several US banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources told Reuters. Previously unreported trials at City National Bank of Florida and JPMorgan Chase & Co as…

Fake profiles on networking and social media sites are being used on “an industrial scale” by rogue states and organised criminals, the UK’s top domestic spymaster has warned.

Pay, benefits and an aggressive anti-union campaign by the company helped generate votes at a warehouse in Alabama.

West Virginia is offering remote workers $12,000 in cash to relocate to Morgantown, along with free outdoor gear rentals. See the program details.