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More workers should be on PIPs, but they have to be used right first
PIPs shouldn't be a threat to employees, an expert said. Here's why PIPs can be a good thing.
Tim Paradis
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3 ways to fix the economy for essential workers, according to a leading labor activist
"If there is a set of workers who are unprotected and highly insecure," it's a risk to us all, acco…
Juliana Kaplan
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I use 'DoorDash for IT workers.' I like the flexibility, but think constantly about getting a full-time job
Gig work is expanding, but this IT contractor who finds work on Field Nation and WorkMarket says he…
Alex Bitter
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Elon Musk has started a war with Tesla workers that he's unlikely to win
"It's a big thing for both Tesla and for Swedish unions," one expert said. "But I think the most pr…
Beatrice Nolan
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Prince William's wife and father were diagnosed with cancer within weeks of each other. We spoke to a social worker about how caregivers can cope.
Monica Cwynar is a full-time therapist but previously served as a hospice social worker, making her…
Lauren Edmonds
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Fauci: Shortening COVID-19 isolation periods for essential workers is under 'serious consideration'
The CDC announced new guidelines for healthcare workers' isolation periods last week. Now essential…
Jake Epstein
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Tech workers trying to live longer are turning to buzzy peptide treatments
A broad category of anti-aging treatments called peptides is taking off in popularity with Silicon …
Lakshmi Varanasi
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A beauty manufacturing company fired a worker on her first day after finding out she was deaf, a federal agency says
The company agreed in a consent decree to pay the worker $75,000 in back pay and compensatory damag…
Grace Dean
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America's service sector is so stingy with benefits that half its workers are unvaccinated
People who have paid leave from work have much higher vaccination rates. They can take time off to …
Juliana Kaplan
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Frontline workers who can't work from home are fighting for more control over their schedules
Many frontline workers who lack remote capabilities are demanding more flexibility in determining …
Noah Sheidlower
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America's poorest workers are getting raises, but 80% of their spending is on increasingly pricey basic needs
The lowest-income Americans are spending 80% of their total expenditures on essentials like housing…
Noah Sheidlower
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The CDC's new mask guidance is confusing for frontline retail workers and turns them into the 'vaccination police,' a leading union says
The UFCW said the CDC guidance, allowing vaccinated people indoors without masks, could turn frontl…
Grace Dean
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70 frontline workers at a Tennessee school were laid off. Now legislators are rallying for them.
A year into the pandemic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center laid off 70 frontline worke…
Juliana Kaplan,Allana Akhtar
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22 Democratic lawmakers want Biden to include a pathway to citizenship in his infrastructure plan
Democrats said a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers "directly relates to the priority …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Presidential advisory panel recommends to extend grace period for H1-B workers to 180 days
In his presentation, Bhutoria highlighted the significant challenges faced by H1-B workers laid …
PTI
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Stable Diffusion and DALL-E display bias when prompted for artwork of 'African workers' versus 'European workers'
When AI models for image generation are prompted to generate images of "African workers," some resu…
Thomas Maxwell
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Tech workers are paying up to $700 a month for tiny bed 'pods' in San Francisco
The California bed pods stacked two-high, run on monthly contracts and don't require a security dep…
Nathan Rennolds
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9 annoying things American tourists do in Europe, according to hospitality workers
Americans tourists are always easy to spot. 3 European workers share how they can blend in better, …
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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As the US vaccine rollout ramps up, here's who's next in line: younger adults, restaurant employees, and grocery workers
States like Colorado and Utah are close to opening up vaccinations to the general public. Others tr…
Aria Bendix
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Kroger is closing more stores in areas where the grocery chain would be forced to pay workers hazard wages
Kroger is closing three stores in Los Angeles after the LA City Council voted to mandate corporatio…