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3.2KSMBsData 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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2.1KRidesharingUber, 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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1.3KSpend 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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1.5KRetailSoftBank-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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1.7KRetailAs 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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3.9KRidesharingColombian 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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2.8KGig 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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3.4KLegalUber, 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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2.8KRidesharingUber, 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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2.4KRetailRetail 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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2.3KFacebookFacebook 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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3.4KPersonnelFair 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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2.6KWalmartWalmart 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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6.7KAmazonAmazon 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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5.0KGig 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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4.3KGig 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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4.1KRegulationCalifornia 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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6.2KGig 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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4.4KInvestmentsSoftBank 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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6.1KSecurity & 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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5.0KRegulationCitigroup 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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4.5KGig 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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4.8KeCommerceOpendoor 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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2.6KB2B 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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3.8KInvestmentsWagestream 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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3.7KInternationalMicrosoft 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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3.6KAmazonAmazon 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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4.7KRidesharingNY 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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2.3KGig 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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7.2KLegalZillow 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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7.3KMatchmakersCan 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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5.7KSecurity & 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...
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7.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsNCR Expands Hospitality Reach With BEC Buy
NCR announced late last week the acquisition of BEC, a provider of hospitality point-of-sale (POS) technology based in Denver. In a press release, NCR...
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7.5KAppleApple’s Retail Head Ahrendts Steps Down
Apple announced that its retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, is stepping down, while Deirdre O’Brien is taking on an expanded role as senior vice...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsPrismHR Links Employees To On-Demand Wages Via FinFit
Employee financial wellness company FinFit is integrating its technology into human resource management platform PrismHR, the firms announced on Thursday (Jan. 31)....
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3.6KLegalMunchery Sued By Ex-Employees Over Shutdown
A new class-action lawsuit wants failed meal delivery company Munchery to pay its former employees 60 days’ worth of back wages. The...
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15.4KPayment Methods2019: The Year Of Instant Payments
Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be...
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11.5KRegulationMotus On Mapping Mileage Reimbursement
Tax season looms. Firms would do well to examine the latest standard mileage rates published by the IRS — and more. Motus’ Chief...
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3.2KAmazonAmazon Workers In NYC Warehouses Want To Unionize
A group of workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse want to unionize, according to a report by Bloomberg. The news is another...
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5.8KB2B PaymentsInsurTech Oyster Launches Workers’ Comp Service In California
A new insurance technology (InsurTech) company is rolling out its workers’ compensation solution in California. Insurance Journal reported late last week that...
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6.1KAmazonAmazon To Roll Out PillPack Service To Employees
News of Amazon‘s acquisition of online pharmacy startup PillPack have had analysts assuming the eCommerce conglomerate is ready to introduce an online pharmacy...
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4.2KAmazonWhat’s Next For Real Estate In Amazon’s HQ2 Cities?
Build it and they will come — in this case, times two. Apologies for the cliché (some of us miss baseball already),...
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6.4KBusinessLyft, Uber, Amazon: Employees’ Top Expense
Lyft cracked the Top 10 of most frequently expensed U.S. business costs for the first time, reaching number six. According to data...
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4.3KRetailThe Retail Holiday Hiring Headache
By some accounts, the 2018 holiday season is going to be a bang-up year for retailers. Unemployment is down and consumer confidence...
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3.4KAmazonAmazon Investigates Claims That Employees Sell Data
eCommerce giant Amazon is looking into allegations that employees are offering merchants internal data and confidential information that can help them boost...
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8.6KPayments InnovationHow To Fix Healthcare Payments
Back in the good old days of healthcare, the employer paid for all (or most) of the freight, and the out-of-pockets for...
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6.3KRetailChanges At Whole Foods Post Amazon Buy Rankles Workers, Suppliers
One year in, the changes at Whole Foods Market, post the acquisition by Amazon, are rankling some of the grocery giant’s employees...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsOne-Third Of Employers Use Decade-Old Payroll Technology
A new survey has found that one-third of employers are using payroll technology that is at least 10 years old. The “Evolution of...
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7.7KAmazonYou Could Do Worse Than Quit A Warehouse Job At Amazon
Amazon puts significant effort toward loyalty, as shown recently by its push to extend Prime discounts to Whole Foods shoppers, a move...
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6.8KAmazonAmazon Launches Home Cleaning Service
Amazon has been hiring house cleaners in Seattle as direct employees in an effort to boost its home services marketplace. The new...
