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Howard Schultz violated labor law by telling employee ‘if you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company’
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz, who was interim CEO at the time, broke federal labor law in 2022 by telling a California barista who raised concerns about unionization that “if you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.”
PwC tells employees it will use location data to police ‘back-to-office’ rule
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will start tracking where its employees in the United Kingdom work, in a bid to dial back its current work-from-home culture.
Workers in Japan can’t quit their jobs. They hire resignation experts to help
Yuki Watanabe used to spend 12 hours every day toiling away in the office. And that’s considered a short day.
Darryl George: Judge dismisses racial discrimination claim in civil rights lawsuit and allows sex discrimination claim to proceed
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims of racial discrimination while allowing claims of sex discrimination to proceed in a federal civil rights lawsuit regarding a Texas student who has faced suspensions and disciplinary actions over the length of his locs hairstyle.
‘A victory for generations to come:’ Puerto Rico bans hair discrimination
Puerto Rico’s governor signed a law on Wednesday that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, curls, locs, twists, braids and other hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory.
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce anti-discrimination rules for pregnant women in schools
\The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce new anti-discrimination rules in schools, including protections for pregnant women and women who have had abortions.
A Black man got a job interview after he changed the name on his resume. Now, he’s suing for discrimination
A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.
Opinion: Bosses are striking back at workers who use mouse jigglers
Workplaces often boast that they treat their employees “like family.”
America’s red-hot job market just won’t quit
The number of available jobs in the US unexpectedly grew in May, signaling continued resilience in the nation’s labor market.
US employers want more part-time workers. Here’s what that means
Companies have become fonder of part-timers these days.
Two Apple employees sue over alleged gender discrimination in pay
Two female employees at Apple sued the company on Thursday, alleging the company paid women less than men for the same work.
CEOs are making almost 200 times what workers are
CEOs are raking in fat pay packages as the US stock market booms.
Apple Store workers in Maryland vote to authorize strike
Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant’s retail employees to unionize, made history again by voting late Saturday in favor of authorizing a strike.
Apple faces growing labor unrest at its retail stores
Apple faces plenty of challenges this year including regulatory scrutiny in Washington, sluggish sales in China and a competitive landscape in AI. Now, its leaders also have to contend with labor unrest.