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Amazon Fined About $6 Million For Violating Labour Laws In US
E-commerce giant Amazon has been fined nearly $6 million for violating labour laws in the state of California in the US.
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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
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US States Are Considering Allowing Teenagers To Work In Bars To Address Labour Shortages
US lawmakers are supporting laws that would permit teenagers to work in riskier jobs, such selling alcohol in bars and restaurants at just 14 years old.
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Activision Blizzard Accused of Spying on Employees, Threatening Them
Activision Blizzard violated US labour law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening to shut down internal chat channels as a union sought to organize its workers, a federal labour agency said on Friday. The Communication Workers of America union (CWA) has accused the Call of Duty maker of a series of illegal labour practi...
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Apple Workplace Rules Violate US Labour Law, Agency Finds
Apple maintains workplace policies that unlawfully discourage employees from discussing working conditions, a US labour agency has found. The National Labor Relations Board will issue a complaint targeting the policies and claiming Apple executives made comments that stymied worker organising unless the company settles first, an agency official s...
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Apple Workplace Rules Violate US Labour Law, Agency Finds
Apple Inc maintains workplace policies that unlawfully discourage employees from discussing working conditions, a U.S. labor agency has found.
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Twitter Accused by 100 Ex-Employees of Various Legal Violations After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter on Tuesday was hit by legal complaints by 100 employees, accusing the company of legal violations from targeting women during companywide layoffs and not paying severance to fired workers. The microblogging platform now faces 100 demands for arbitration making similar claims to four class action lawsuits pending against the company in a fed...
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SpaceX Employees Fired for Criticising Elon Musk Accuse Firm of Violating US Labour Law
SpaceX employees who were fired after have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board, after they were fired for circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk’s behaviour in June. details The complaint details the aftermath of what allegedly happened inside SpaceX after employees circulated the letter in June, which, amon...
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Amazon Accused of Violating US Labour Law After Union Supporters' Arrests
A group of Amazon workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with US labour regulators after a high-profile organiser and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.
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Amazon Accused of Interfering With Landmark Union Vote Using Cameras, Installing Mailbox to Collect Ballots
Amazon interfered with the landmark Alabama union election using cameras and installing a mailbox to collect ballots, a report by a US National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has alleged. The employees voted against making their warehouse the e-retailer's first to organise in US.
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Amazon Fined About $6 Million For Violating Labour Laws In US
E-commerce giant Amazon has been fined nearly $6 million for violating labour laws in the state of California in the US.
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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
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US States Are Considering Allowing Teenagers To Work In Bars To Address Labour Shortages
US lawmakers are supporting laws that would permit teenagers to work in riskier jobs, such selling alcohol in bars and restaurants at just 14 years old.
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Activision Blizzard Accused of Spying on Employees, Threatening Them
Activision Blizzard violated US labour law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening to shut down internal chat channels as a union sought to organize its workers, a federal labour agency said on Friday. The Communication Workers of America union (CWA) has accused the Call of Duty maker of a series of illegal labour practi...
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Apple Workplace Rules Violate US Labour Law, Agency Finds
Apple maintains workplace policies that unlawfully discourage employees from discussing working conditions, a US labour agency has found. The National Labor Relations Board will issue a complaint targeting the policies and claiming Apple executives made comments that stymied worker organising unless the company settles first, an agency official s...
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Apple Workplace Rules Violate US Labour Law, Agency Finds
Apple Inc maintains workplace policies that unlawfully discourage employees from discussing working conditions, a U.S. labor agency has found.
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Twitter Accused by 100 Ex-Employees of Various Legal Violations After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter on Tuesday was hit by legal complaints by 100 employees, accusing the company of legal violations from targeting women during companywide layoffs and not paying severance to fired workers. The microblogging platform now faces 100 demands for arbitration making similar claims to four class action lawsuits pending against the company in a fed...
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SpaceX Employees Fired for Criticising Elon Musk Accuse Firm of Violating US Labour Law
SpaceX employees who were fired after have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board, after they were fired for circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk’s behaviour in June. details The complaint details the aftermath of what allegedly happened inside SpaceX after employees circulated the letter in June, which, amon...
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Amazon Accused of Violating US Labour Law After Union Supporters' Arrests
A group of Amazon workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with US labour regulators after a high-profile organiser and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.
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Amazon Accused of Interfering With Landmark Union Vote Using Cameras, Installing Mailbox to Collect Ballots
Amazon interfered with the landmark Alabama union election using cameras and installing a mailbox to collect ballots, a report by a US National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has alleged. The employees voted against making their warehouse the e-retailer's first to organise in US.
