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Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity (www.businessinsider.com)

They quit their jobs. Their ex-employers sued them for training costs (www.straitstimes.com)

Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

"The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of 'Barbie' as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors," the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)

A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' (kuow.org)

Zoom exec calls in-office work mandate a ‘success’ — despite working remotely himself (www.kron4.com)

America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer (www.wsj.com)

Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business (documentedny.com)

To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.

UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses, they want the licensing agreements suspended until the company ends its union-busting campaign (www.dailynews.com)

The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment in Kenya are in - Vox (www.vox.com)

Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars (www.usatoday.com)

Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.

Unions who think Republicans are warming to labor rights are getting played (www.theguardian.com)

Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds (www.nbcchicago.com)

‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke. (www.politico.com)

Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes (www.npr.org)

Federal judges have blocked so much progress that Biden, his administration, and appointees have attempted to make. It’s absurd

From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers (medium.com)

‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15086405...

Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' (www.pcgamer.com)

Speaking with Game File (users will encounter a paywall) at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Larian director of publishing Michael Douse gave his take on the current state of the industry, including some sharp criticism on the wave after wave of mass layoffs we’ve been seeing....

UK firms make four-day workweek permanent after world’s biggest trial (www.euronews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12307563...

Employees are spending the equivalent of a month's grocery bill on the return to the office–and growing more resentful than ever, new survey finds (fortune.com)

Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)

Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

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