Wells Fargo grabbed headlines last week after firing workers from its wealth- and investment-management unit for using “mouse jigglers” to fake working.
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Scoop: Meta will shut down Workplace, its tool for businesses
Meta is shutting down Workplace, the tool it sold to businesses that combined social and productivity features, according to messages to customers obtained by Axios and confirmed by Meta.
Weekend starts early: Average worker now logs off at 4 p.m. on Fridays
Pandemic-era conversations about four-day workweeks have quieted down, but U.S. workers are logging off earlier and earlier on Fridays.
10% of workers are vulnerable to AI, advisers tell Biden
Roughly 10% of American workers are employed in jobs that are highly vulnerable to being impacted and possibly displaced by artificial intelligence.
There’s a big wealth gap between union and nonunion workers
Median U.S. household wealth by education level and union membership, 2022
Managers, employees turn to ChatGPT to write performance reviews
Performance reviews can win you a raise or get you laid off — and managers and employees alike are turning to ChatGPT to write them.
The downside of having America’s lowest unemployment rate
Nationally, the pandemic-era worker shortages that rocked the job market are over. But zoom in, and you’ll find one state where it’s still worse than ever: Maryland.
Walmart adding store manager perk after hiking pay, bonuses
Walmart will start giving its store managers stock grants this year on top of new pay raises, the retailer announced Monday.
Walmart raising store manager and hourly worker pay
Walmart is increasing pay for store managers and said Thursday it will hike the current average manager salary from $117,000 to $128,000 starting Feb. 1.
Health insurance premiums are eating into workers’ wages
Share of compensation going to health care premiums, by income level
The return-to-office wars are over
Just 6 out of 158 U.S. CEOs said they’ll prioritize bringing workers back to the office full-time in 2024, according to a new survey released by the Conference Board.
Poll: Discrimination against Asian Americans is rampant but ignored
Share of Asian adults in the U.S. who say they’ve faced each microaggression in their day-to-day interactions with strangers
Scoop: Inside the Biden White House’s aggressive back-to-office push
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, facing huge numbers of federal workers who aren’t coming to the office, is privately pushing Cabinet secretaries to break their staffs’ stubborn work-from-home habits.
UAW launches organizing campaign at 13 non-unionized automakers
The UAW is launching a campaign to organize 13 non-unionized automakers as it bids to extend its momentum from a strike against the Detroit Three manufacturers.
Management, take notice — employees have the upper hand
Your boss would probably rather you didn’t know this, but workers have a lot of leverage right now.