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RetailWalmart Reduces Corporate Workforce With Layoffs
Walmart has reduced its workforce by laying off hundreds in its logistics, real estate and retail location planning divisions as it simplifies its...
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RetailWalmart To Equip Employees With Customer Service App
Walmart is giving customer-facing employees a new tool to help them answer shoppers’ questions. A smartphone app called “Ask Sam” will equip...
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RidesharingMassachusetts Files Suit Against Uber, Lyft On Drivers’ Status
Massachusetts is the second state to declare that Uber and Lyft drivers should be deemed employees under state wage and hour laws,...
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Faster PaymentsWestgate On How Flexible Worker Payments Are Helping Reopen Resorts
Hotels and resorts need their workers more than ever to safely reopen, but these workers must also meet their own needs –...
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RidesharingCalifornia Seeks Court Order To Make Uber, Lyft Drivers Employees
In what could be the start of a protracted court fight, attorneys for the state of California plan to ask a judge...
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Faster PaymentsWestgate Resorts: Why Faster Worker Pay Is Key To Reopening
The United States economy is steadily reemerging from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced shutdown. Businesses are reopening to a different reality than the one...
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PersonnelDunkin’ To Hire 25K Workers As Country Reopens
As more of the country reopens, Dunkin’ franchisees said they are ready to hire as many as 25,000 employees nationwide, from counter...
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PersonnelStarbucks Offers Leave Of Absence For Baristas Facing Fewer Hours
Starbucks is offering its baristas a voluntary leave of absence program for employees impacted by trimmed work schedules amid the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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RidesharingUber Says California’s AB5 Law Could Cost 158,000 Drivers Their Jobs
If Uber is forced to classify its drivers in California as employees, 158,000 will be out of work, the company said. C/NET...
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Payment MethodsCeridian Introduces Dayforce Wallet For Real-Time Employee Payments
Human capital management (HCM) software as a service (SaaS) firm Ceridian is launching Dayforce Wallet to give people the flexibility of getting...
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InternationalGrab Wants Staffers To Accept Unpaid Leave, Decreased Hours
Grab Holdings Inc. has started to request that workers accept decreased hours or take a leave without pay so the company can...
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GoogleGoogle Plans Staggered Reopening Of Offices After June 1
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s offices would remain closed at least until June 1, according to emails sent to employees,...
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EconomyGroupon Cuts 44 Pct Of Workforce
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Groupon plans to lay off or furlough around 2,800 employees, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities...
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PersonnelAmazon Set To Hire Another 75K Workers Amid Ordering Boom
Amazon is pulling in more orders than ever, which has the company hiring thousands of employees while traditional retail businesses are making...
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RetailUlta Beauty To Put Many Retail, Salon Associates On Leave
Amid the spread of the coronavirus, Ulta Beauty Inc. said it plans to put many of its retail staffers on leave. The company said...
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RetailWalmart To Reward Workers With $550M In Bonuses Amid Coronavirus
To honor staffers who are maintaining stocks of supplies on shelves as shoppers visit locations in droves, Walmart said it would pay...
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CoronavirusZuckerberg Announces $1K Boost For Facebook Employees
Full-time Facebook employees will see a financial boost of $1,000 in their upcoming paychecks as the tech giant moves to assist workers...
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CoronavirusAmazon To Hire 100K Workers To Handle Demand Spike
Amazon said it is looking to add 100,000 jobs during the coronavirus scare as demand for delivery services continues to increase across...
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SMBsData Shows Hiring Stalled At US Small Businesses In 2019
Employee head count at U.S. small businesses remained stagnant last year, despite record growth among larger firms’ employment, The Wall Street Journal...
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RidesharingUber, Postmates To Meet With CA Judge To Argue Against Gig Worker Law
To put a stop to legislation that would transform gig workers from contractors to employees, Uber and Postmates Inc. are scheduled to meet with a...
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Spend ManagementDeep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season
Spring may seem far away, but U.S. businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals,...
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RetailSoftBank-Backed Grofers Hires 4K Employees For Shopping Event
Online grocery company Grofers has contributed ₹100 crore to boost its India operations. A top official also confirmed that the company has...
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RetailAs Retail Tech Advances, Associates Become More Important
Retail is about more than the products being sold or the technology being used. Increasingly, store associates are becoming more important to...
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RidesharingColombian Regulators Order Uber To Shut Down
Uber will cease operating in Colombia at the end of the month, the company said in a statement. The decision — the...
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Gig EconomyCalifornia Gig Decree Prompts Uber To Halt Upfront Pricing
Uber is dropping upfront pricing in favor of estimates in response to the California gig economy law that took effect Jan 1....
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LegalUber, Postmates Sue CA Over Labor Rights Law
Uber and Postmates have filed a lawsuit against the state of California to try and block a new law that will change...
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RidesharingUber, Lyft Push Back Against California Gig Worker Law
Uber and Lyft are organizing and pushing back against a California law that takes effect on Jan. 1 and would force them...
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RetailRetail Holiday Hiring Reflects Focus On eCommerce, Speed
With a greater emphasis on speed and online shopping, holiday hiring needs have changed amid shifting consumer preferences. Large retailers are set...
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FacebookFacebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
Facebook built a facial recognition app that was intended only for internal use, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat on Friday (Nov. 22). ...
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PersonnelFair Auto Subscription Firm Cuts 40 Pct Of Workforce
Fair, a car startup that lets people own cars flexibly, has been paying attention to the fate of venture-backed startups like Uber...
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WalmartWalmart To Pilot Program To Connect Employees With Doctors
Walmart, one of the largest companies in the world, will begin pilot testing new healthcare programs for its employees starting next year,...
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AmazonAmazon Launches Virtual Health Clinic For Its Employees
Amazon rolled out a virtual health clinic with in-home follow-ups for employees in Seattle, Geekwire reported on Tuesday (Sept. 24). Amazon Care...
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Gig EconomyCA Gig Workers Split On Impact Of New Classification Law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a controversial bill that could reclassify ridesharing and other gig economy workers as employees instead...
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Gig EconomyGig Economy Could See Overhaul Under New California Bill
California lawmakers passed a controversial labor bill on Tuesday (Sept. 10) that could turn on-demand contract workers into full-fledged employees. App-based businesses...
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RegulationCalifornia Senate Could Rule On Gig Economy Law This Week
As early as this week, California’s state Senate will take up a measure that could forever change the future of the gig...
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Gig EconomyNew Report: Why 84 Percent Of Paycheck-To-Paycheck Gig Workers Want Early Pay
A growing number of workers are turning to platforms like Uber, TaskRabbit and Upwork to earn extra money – or even to...
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InvestmentsSoftBank Plans To Lend Staffers $20B To Invest In Tech Fund
SoftBank is ready to lend up to $20 billion to its employees so they can buy stakes in a fund aimed to...
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Security & FraudCap One Employees Warned Of Security Issues Pre-Hack
Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach. According to a report in...
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RegulationCitigroup Fined $1.25M For Background Check Infractions
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Citigroup’s global markets business $1.25 million for not performing background checks on thousands of...
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Gig EconomyGig Workers And The $178B Pay Advance Potential
Unlike the typical worker in the 9 to 5 cycle, gig workers often find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, because they must...
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eCommerceOpendoor Trims Employees And Perks
Opendoor, the startup that operates an online platform for buying and selling homes, “is reshuffling staff and scaling back on a time-honored...
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B2B PaymentsUK Contractor Payroll Reforms Reignite Employee Definition Debate
The rise of the gig worker has shaken up the talent pool, with some far-reaching consequences — particularly as it relates to...
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InvestmentsWagestream Raises $51M To Help Workers With Payday Gap
Wagestream, a U.K. startup, has raised $51 million (£40 million) to help U.K. workers who only get paid once a month but...
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InternationalMicrosoft To Launch $100M Development Center In Africa
Microsoft has announced plans to open its first development center in Africa. Over the next five years, the tech giant will spend...
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AmazonAmazon Offers Employees $10K To Start Delivery Businesses
Amazon is enticing its own employees to start package delivery businesses, announcing Monday (May 13) a new incentive that will provide them...
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RidesharingNY Uber Drivers To Strike Ahead Of IPO
Shortly ahead of Uber’s initial public offering, drivers of the company in New York plan on going on strike. According to a...
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Gig EconomyLabor Department Ruling Classifies Gig Workers As Contractors
Gig economy companies Uber and Lyft just got support from the Labor Department, which ruled a company’s workers who clean homes don’t...
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LegalZillow Sues Competitor Compass Over IP Theft
Zillow has filed two lawsuits against Compass, accusing its rival of stealing Seattle-based Zillow’s intellectual property, as well as hiring employees who violated...
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MatchmakersCan Platforms And Payments Solve Restaurants’ 73 Percent Turnover Problem?
Good waiters are hard to find. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they are even harder to keep, as the restaurant worker...
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Security & FraudBritish Airways Employees Say Call Center Data Not Secure
Current and former staff at British Airways, the U.K. airliner, told The Financial Times this weekend that data has been handled insecurely...
