Dollar General has 48hrs to make stores safe or face more penalties after $12m fine (www.independent.co.uk)
Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers (lemmy.world)
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Nearly 90% Amazon India workers don’t get time for bathroom breaks, survey finds (www.independent.co.uk)
Nearly 90 per cent of Amazon India’s warehouse employees say they are not allowed sufficient time to use the restroom, according to a new survey that adds to a growing body of evidence of poor working conditions at the multinational corporation....
Hotel sued over claim they ignored Black man’s resume until he used a white name (www.independent.co.uk)
The retirement savings crisis: Why more Americans can’t afford to stop working (www.usatoday.com)
A million more U.S. workers can now get overtime pay: 'Most employers absolutely do want to get this right' (www.cnbc.com)
Petition to pass paid leave nationwide delivered to all members of congress (abcnews.go.com)
The United States is one of seven countries globally that does not have any guaranteed form of paid leave, the petition states.
Samsung's biggest union extends its strike indefiniately • The Register (www.theregister.com)
'War on Workers': Unions Denounce GOP Efforts to Undo Pro-Labor Biden Rules (www.commondreams.org)
The Supreme Court Is Demolishing Decades of Precedent on Workers’ Rights (truthout.org)
Why Did the National Education Association Just Lock Out Its Own Staffers? (truthout.org)
How Japan has avoided the gaming industry’s persistent layoffs (www.theverge.com)
Pay for Lawyers Is So High People Are Comparing It to the N.B.A. (www.nytimes.com)
‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke. (www.politico.com)
Growing number of ‘unemployables’ frustrated by the job market (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights (www.vox.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
Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Layoffs and studio closures have been an unfortunately-common occurrence across the industry since last year, with layoffs in 2024 already matching 2023’s total of over 10,000 developers being put out of work. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed...
Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says (www.businessinsider.com)
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CIA mishandled sexual assault, harassment within its ranks, internal review finds (www.politico.com)
New protections empower H-2A agricultural workers to organize (prismreports.org)
Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour (www.theverge.com)
Bethesda Game Studios Montreal workers are trying to unionize (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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