Labor economy

New York, California attorneys general probe NFL workplace practices, discrimination claims
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference in advance of Super Bowl LVII at Phoenix Convention Center on February 08, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. Peter Casey | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The attorneys general of New York and California said Thursday they had opened an investigation into the workplace practices and […]
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Samsung union threatens to start with strike in company’s record as tension mounts soon after income plunge
Samsung is struggling with a tests time with profit slumping owing to weak desire for its memory chips. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Visuals An influential Samsung Electronics workers union on Thursday warned that its members could walk out in excess of a wage dispute in what could be the South Korean tech giant’s […]
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UAW withholding Biden re-election endorsement until EV concerns are addressed
UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, March 27, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Leaders of the United Auto Workers are withholding a re-election endorsement for President Joe Biden until the union’s concerns about the auto industry’s transition to all-electric vehicles are addressed, according to […]
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McDonald’s franchisees fined after 305 minors, including 10-year-olds, found working illegally
McDonald’s location in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 300 minors — including two 10-year-olds who were unpaid — were found to be working in violation of federal labor laws at McDonald’s franchise restaurants across Kentucky and other states, the U.S. Labor Department said this week. The franchisees in total […]
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Unity to lay off 600 employees, or 8% of its workforce
Unity CEO John Riccitiello speaks onstage in the course of Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Heart on September 5, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings | TechCrunch | Getty Illustrations or photos Unity Software program announced strategies to cut about 600 work opportunities, or 8% of its workforce, according to […]
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Microsoft economist warns of A.I. election interference from ‘bad actors’
Microsoft brand observed at their constructing in Redmond, Washington. Toby Scott | SOPA Photographs | LightRocket | Getty Photos People should really fear much more about “A.I. currently being employed by lousy actors” than they must about AI efficiency outpacing human productivity, Microsoft chief economist Michael Schwarz said at a Earth Economic Discussion board occasion […]
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3 indicators the job market place is seeing what one particular economist phone calls an ‘unambiguous cooldown’
Essential Points Job openings and employee quits declined and the layoff rate amplified in March, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey issued Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Federal Reserve has elevated desire rates to sluggish the financial system and labor market, in an attempt to rein in inflation. […]
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Virtually 25% of careers are established to be disrupted in the future five a long time — and A.I. could engage in a crucial position: Planet Financial Discussion board
Nearly 25% of work are set to be disrupted in the next five a long time, in accordance to the World Financial Forum’s most recent ‘Future of Jobs’ report. 10’000 Several hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images The environment of operate is established to go by way of significant adjustments in the coming several years […]
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Macron faces Labour Day protests as pension reform anger festers
French President, Emmanuel Macron is seen on a monitor mirrored by mirrors for the duration of a televised tackle to the nation, designed from the Elysee Palace, right after signing into law a pensions reform, in Mulhouse, on April 17, 2023. Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron faced nationwide protests […]
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