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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
An undercover BBC Panorama investigation reveals that workers in Chinese factories that make Apple products have been discovered of being treated poorly.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 get KB5036980 non-security preview updates with Start menu changes
The Coca-Cola Company plans to spend $1.1 billion to use Microsoft's cloud and AI services
The new Microsoft Planner adds more task features designed for frontline workers
New version of Tiny11 Builder lets you debloat any Windows 11 build or version
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