Neowin News Feed for: Worker

European Commission decides to go after ‘precarious' side-hustle gig economy jobs

Paul Hill — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:24:01 +0000

The European Commission is working on a new Directive that'd re-classify many self-employed people as workers making them eligible for a range of benefits such as sick pay and the minimum wage. Read more...

Human resources consultancy increases worker effectiveness

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:59 +0000

Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the world's largest firm of its type, has announced the successful pilot of a Microsoft Windows Mobile-based solution that allows its workers to increase efficiency by better utilising the traditional travel... Read more...

Ex-Intel worker wins e-mail case on appeal

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:07:53 +0000

In a closely watched case that's testing the boundaries of law governing cyberspace, California's highest court on Monday overturned a lower court's ruling and decided that former Intel employee Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi did not trespass... Read more...

Ex-IT worker charged with sabotage

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:20:15 +0000

A former system administrator for UBS PaineWebber was arraigned in a New Jersey federal court Tuesday on charges of sabotaging two-thirds of the company's computer systems in an attempt to crash its stock price. ... Read more...

MS02-026: Unchecked Buffer in ASP.NET Worker Process

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 00:14:17 +0000

Title: Unchecked Buffer in ASP.NET Worker Process (Q322289) Date: 06 June 2002 Software: .NET Framework Impact: Denial of service, potentially run code of attacker's choice Max Risk: Moderate Bulletin: MS02-026 Microsoft encourages customers to... Read more...