Neowin News Feed for: Workers

UK's Supreme Court says Uber drivers are employees

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:20:02 +0000

Uber has lost its appeal at the UK's Supreme Court. It means that a group of 25 Uber drivers will now be considered employees of the firm meaning they're entitled to paid holidays and rest breaks. Read more...

UK court to decide whether Uber drivers are employees

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:00:01 +0000

UK Uber drivers will learn next Friday whether or not they're considered to be self-employed or employees of the ride-hailing firm. As employees, drivers would get sick pay, paid holidays and more. Read more...

Worldwide Alphabet Inc workers form Alpha Global union

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:26:01 +0000

Following the creation of the U.S.-based Alphabet Workers Union, Alphabet employees have created a global union called Alpha Global. It said Alphabet no longer follows the 'Don't be evil' slogan. Read more...

Alphabet workers announce the formation of a union

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:54:01 +0000

The Alphabet Workers Union has been formed following years of protests by workers over various issues. The AWU said it's the ideal organisation as Alphabet responds more often to collective action. Read more...

TIGA: UK's video games industry grew at its fastest rate

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:00:01 +0000

The UK's video games development sector boomed over the course of the year despite the coronavirus pandemic according to The Independent Games Developers Association after it set new records. Read more...

Twitter will let most employees work from home forever

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 12 May 2020 21:50:01 +0000

Although some tech firms have announced that employees will continue to work from home through the end of 2020, Twitter is the first company to say that it will let employees work from home forever. Read more...

Google bans use of Zoom software on employee laptops

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:50:02 +0000

The video conferencing software has seen a surge in users resulting from lockdowns across the globe. Resultantly, millions globally have turned to the app to work and socialize during the crisis. Read more...

Amazon increases overtime pay for warehouse associates

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:06:01 +0000

The e-commerce giant stated that it is increasing overtime pay for its warehouse workers in the United States in a bid to cope with the rapidly increasing demand during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...

London employment tribunal says Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:38:01 +0000

Uber has lost a case against two people that have worked for the company. A London-based employment tribunal ruled the drivers are workers, not self-employed, and should have workers' rights. Read more...

Foxconn cuts 60,000 factory jobs, to be replaced by robots

Justin Luna — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:14:01 +0000

A recent report has stated that Foxconn has laid off over 60,000 factory workers. This is reportedly to prepare the company for automation, and then introduce robots to do repetitive tasks. Read more...

Foxconn can't fully automate its factories yet, says humans are still important

Adrian Potoroaca — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:06:01 +0000

The Taiwanese manufacturing giant is not keen on quickly automating its factories, as the process is not only proving to be difficult, but it can also cause "employment concerns". Read more...

Apple is 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers', says the BBC

Daniel Moxon — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:36:01 +0000

An undercover BBC Panorama investigation reveals that workers in Chinese factories that make Apple products have been discovered of being treated poorly. Read more...

A thousand Foxconn employees walk out in protest

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:22:01 +0000

It seems Foxconn is once again in the public's eye thanks to the way they treat their workers. Employees are protesting for higher wages and better conditions at one of the company's plants. Read more...

Foxconn to deploy 10,000 robots on assembly lines to replace human workers

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:10:42 +0000

According to CEO Terry Gou, Foxconn plans to deploy robots on their factory assembly lines, which produce devices like the iPhone, in order to cut costs and replace human workers. Read more...

Microsoft investigating Chinese sweatshop accusations

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:43:44 +0000

KYE Systems, a factory in China has been accused of being a sweatshop. The National Labor Committee got inside the organization and got pictures and quotes from the staff. "We are like prisoners... We do... Read more...

IT workers are best in bed

Tom Warren — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:04:37 +0000

The Sun, famous for its Page 3 models (NSFW), puns and scandalous news have published an anonymous study of 2,000 British men and women's sex lives. They have concluded that out of all jobs, computer... Read more...

Ex-Microsoft workers do not have to return severance pay

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:22:46 +0000

Update: SeattlePI has confirmed that Microsoft will allow laid off employees to keep the extra paid severance Microsoft sent letters on February 18th to some of the 1,400 workers it laid off on January 22,... Read more...

Microsoft asks laid off workers to return part of severance

Damien Reynolds — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:55:46 +0000

Last month Microsoft let go 1400 workers as part of their plan to lay off 5000 people over 18 months and of course with most redundancies there was some sort of severance pay, but it... Read more...

Microsoft workers set to recieve a bar on campus

Tom Warren — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:35:39 +0000

Windows 7 could soon be powered by Jack Daniels and Smirnoff Vodka if the opening of a new Spitfire bar on campus attracts thirsty Windows team members. Todd Bishop first revealed the plans to... Read more...

Nokia to Transfer Chip Technology and Workers to STMicro

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:29:46 +0000

In a move geared towards enhancing cooperation on high-speed, third-generation, or 3G, mobile technology between Nokia Corporation and STMicroelectronics NV, Nokia has announced today that it will transfer chipset technology and workers to STMicro. Nokia,... Read more...

City of Toronto disconnects workers from Facebook

Thu, 10 May 2007 22:57:47 +0000

The City of Toronto has banned its 23,000 employees from using the social networking site Facebook on work computers. Politicians, however, are exempt from the ban because they use Facebook to communicate with their constituents,... Read more...

Should Foreign Call Center Workers Disclose their Location?

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:34:45 +0000

If freshman Congressman Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania has his way, foreign call center employees would be required to disclose their physical location when U.S. consumers call them. The congressman, a Democrat, has filed legislation called... Read more...

IT workers are "worst dressed" employees

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:16:25 +0000

The IT industry has the worst dressed workers, according to a leading Aussie fashion guru. Somehow managing to beat off competition from the building industry, IT workers were given a telling off from Melanie Moss,... Read more...

Workers Told: Computers Could Blind You

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:16:58 +0000

Even though this is just a study and nothing is conclusive, everyone should remember to rest their eye perodically (every 20 min) when using a computer. This is especially applicable to people playing HL2 non-stop... Read more...

IT company gives workers free beer - wins award

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:20:11 +0000

A US software company that gives its workers free beer on Friday afternoons has been named the "Best Small Company to Work for in America". Analytical Graphics, Inc (AGI) also gives workers access... Read more...

Microsoft workers are revolting

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:44:05 +0000

The software colossus which bestrides the Andes to the Ganges is having a little trouble with its staff. The softly spoken and demure CEO Steve Ballmer, who is legendary for opening his cheque book to... Read more...

IBM accused of poisoning workers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:27:28 +0000

IBM has been accused of running an unsafe workplace which resulted in an unnaturally high incidence of disease among its workers in a series of recent filed, hotly contested lawsuits filed in the US. ... Read more...

Workers 'wasting time over simple computer problems'

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:43:46 +0000

Office workers are wasting hours by asking their IT department to sort out computer problems they should be able to tackle themselves, according to a report. IT staff waste an average of 20... Read more...

Workers are gamers in office hours

Marcel Klum — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:57:26 +0000

One in four employees admits to installing games on their work computers, according to a research. And more than half of IT managers report that employees are accessing online game sites at work, according to... Read more...

Workers are gamers in office hours

Tom Warren — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:29:05 +0000

Research finds employees installing and accessing games on their work PCs One in four employees admits to installing games on their work computers, according to a research. And more than half of... Read more...

Ford workers ordered to remove internet porn

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 17:01:46 +0000

Saw this one on my subscription to LockerGnome "Bits 'n Bytes". Seems those over at Ford have been given a "safe" period to clean out their Harddrives from housing Pornographic images, funnily enough it didn't... Read more...