Facebook Inc takes EU to court for invading employees’ privacy

Facebook takes the EU to court – for invasion of privacy! Regulator ‘overstepped the scope when quizzing employees as part of anti-trust probe’ Facebook is suing the European Union for ‘invading the privacy of employees’  The social media giant alleges EU regulators asked broad questions, beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust investigations   Facebook lawyer … Read more

Google will keep its 200,000 employees working from home until at least July NEXT YEAR

Google will keep its 200,000 employees working from home until at least July NEXT YEAR amid coronavirus pandemic By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com and Reuters Published: 14:15 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 15:29 BST, 27 July 2020 Alphabet Inc’s Google will keep its employees home until at least next July due to the ongoing … Read more

Michaela Wain insists employees need ‘take care of appearance’ on home video calls 

Should businesses enforce a working from home dress code? Apprentice star Michaela Wain insists employees should wear the same clothes they would to the office – but GMB viewers argue productivity is more important  Michaela Wain, from Bolton and Anju Solanki, from Chigwell appeared on GMB  Discussed whether employees should stick to dress code for home … Read more

More Ellen DeGeneres employees allege ‘toxic work environment’

Ellen DeGeneres’ employees are said to be ‘loving’ people coming forward following reports of a ‘toxic work environment’ on her hit talk show Staff on The Ellen DeGeneres show are said to be ‘loving’ the fallout following reports of a ‘toxic environment’ behind-the-scenes  UsWeekly reports that employees are rallying together in the wake of a … Read more

Private sector pay slump while public sector employees see incomes surge  

The stark divide between the fortunes of the public and private sectors during coronavirus was underlined by new figures today. Public sector pay is surging during the crisis while private workers see their incomes plunge – and the gap is getting wider. The gulf reflects the fact that state employees have escaped the wave of … Read more

Funding Circle vows not to take taxpayer cash for furloughed employees

No furlough at Funding Circle: Online lender vows not to take taxpayer cash to cover wages By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 Furlough pledge: Funding Circle has vowed not to take any taxpayer cash to cover the wages of its employees Online lender … Read more

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees by October 1 once its $5 billion COVID-19 aid ends

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees, or roughly 45 per cent of its workforce, by October 1 amid a drop in air travel resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.   The fall deadline marks when a restriction against enacting furloughs and layoffs in a $5 billion payroll bailout of the airline expires. Officials at United made the … Read more

Amazon employee’s nationwide appeal to find engagement ring

Amazon employee launches nationwide appeal to find her engagement ring – after she dropped it into a package which was sent to a customer Jasmine Paget, 18, from Swansea, dropped engagement ring in Amazon package Launched nationwide appeal in hope customer will find it and return safely Ring is silver band with focus diamond and small … Read more

5,500 Facebook employees complained about decision to keep up Trump’s ‘looting and shooting’ posts

Thousands of Facebook workers demanded that their boss, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, flag President Trump’s controversial post about ‘looting and shooting’ as a third employee has resigned in protest of the company’s hands-off policy. Internal documents leaked to The Washington Post revealed that most of the 5,500 Facebook employees who voted in a poll wanted Zuckerberg … Read more

Amazon automated HR denying sick workers leave and tries to FIRE employees recovering from COVID-19

Amazon’s automated human resources system is ‘denying eligible employees sick-leave and attempting to FIRE some workers who are still unable to work due to coronavirus’ Workers say Amazon’s HR systems have failed to handle high demand The systems have at times automatically tried to terminate sick workers  Systems have denied some sick or recovering workers leave … Read more