A McDonald’s employee in California suffered severe burns across his face and body after a coworker tossed hot oil on him, the reason for the attack remaining unknown. What do you think?
The post McDonald’s Worker Suffers Severe Burns After Being Attacked With Hot Oil appeared first on The Onion.
'From a human employment perspective, some of these could translate in interesting ways.'
It’s time to get smart with your savings (Picture: Getty Images)
Ever wondered if you’re saving enough?
Once you’ve paid your mortgage or rent, settled your bills, and done your weekly food shop, often there’s little left to squirrel away.
And for many, that’s _before_ being able to spend your hard-earned cash on ‘little treats,’ from dinner and drinks with friends to relaxing…
We follow 3.4 million people who submit 4 million job applications to 1,700 job postings across 150 employers and 11 industry sectors. Each job application was assessed by an AI hiring tool built by a single third-party vendor. Our new paper offers a rare look inside the “black box” of algorithmic hiring, showing that these tools increase racial bias and shut the same people out of jobs…
When the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) unveiled the first wave of celebrity promotions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the messaging was familiar: unity, celebration and global connection through sport.
Held every four years, the world’s largest international soccer (also known as football) tournament brings together national teams from around the globe to compete for the…
WASHINGTON—Adopting a tougher stance against the increasingly widespread form of workplace corruption, U.S. Department of Labor officials announced plans Thursday to crack down on people getting paid for their work. “For far too long, the practice of receiving money for services has gone unchecked, and today we’re turning over evidence to the attorney general so […]
The post Department Of Labor…
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) has proposed adding two extra days to the National Day holiday, allowing workers to take leave from Sep. 2 to 5 every year. This extension would give parents the necessary time off to accompany their children to school opening ceremonies, which traditionally take place nationwide on Sep. 5. The recommendation was one of five policy groups…
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Three recent developments reveal how private equity—and Cerberus Capital Management in particular—has gained influence inside the Trump administration’s Pentagon, from defense leadership to procurement to a new $200 billion investment initiative.
The post The Cerberus Men: How Private Equity Is Reshaping Trump’s Pentagon appeared first on Ms. Magazine.
Vietnam has made it mandatory for foreign workers in the country with 12 months labour contract to be covered under the country’s social insurance (SI) scheme. According to Vietnam Social Security, the policy will apply to foreign citizens employed by Vietnamese employers under definite-term labour contracts lasting 12 months or longer. The move comes as foreign direct investment continues to…
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Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.
With four months remaining before its planned technical operation phase, Vietnam’s mega-airport project in southern Dong Nai City has completed nearly 76% of its total workload. However, this progress comes as the project grapples with significant labor shortages and rising material costs. In the final days of May, machinery continued operating across the site spanning nearly 5,000 hectares. Yet,…
'It's over 40 hours of baking'.
An autistic woman at a job interview has failed to guess what her prospective employers are secretly looking for, according to the panel. Krista Shure, 27, says she thoroughly researched the paper company she was interviewing for, and took pains to practice answering questions without...
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AJ Hubbins has made thousands from standing in queues for other people (Cover Media)
The first time he stood in a line for money, AJ Hubbins was woefully underprepared.
He was queuing for the opening of a new Sephora store and had nothing with him: no food, no water and not even a coat to keep him warm during the 13-hour overnight wait.
It sounds boring, and AJ initially dreaded the tedious…
Remote work is a central driver of the shift toward flexible workspaces—and, more broadly, of how the startup economy is reorganising itself.
The post From hot desks to headquarters: How flexible workspaces are powering the startup economy appeared first on Digital Journal.
A year ago, the two biggest names in AI told us our jobs were in trouble. OpenAI's Sam Altman warned that entire categories of work would vanish. Anthropic's Dario Amodei even put a number on it: roughly half of entry-level white-collar jobs gone within five years,
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Rosanna Davison and her famous father might be the stars of the family but her siblings are no slouches either when it comes to their achievements. Along with their well-known daughter, Lady In Red singer Chris and his wife Diane have two sons Hubie and Michael who typically avoid the limelight as they forge their […]
Many governors across the country, Democrats and Republicans alike, are
making a point of mentioning childcare these days. In fact, nearly half of them mentioned it in their 2026 State of the State addresses, according to a tally released this week by the Center for American Progress. And it stands to reason. Childcare is
less affordable than ever, even for middle-0class families, and voters want…
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Employers are asking young people in the UK for experience they can’t get in a dire market for starter jobs – leading to a ‘hopeless catch-22’, a major new report has warned.
Former Health Secretary Alan Milburn said his investigation into the…
A last-minute deal headed off a planned strike at Samsung, the Korean electronics giant. The unions have shown that a sustained campaign backed up by the willingness to strike can extract concessions, even from one of the world’s most powerful firms.
“The dignity of work” is a somewhat old-fashioned phrase that’s seldom uttered these days. The left tends to view it with suspicion because it sounds like a justification for mandatory work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps. The right rarely utters it because it risks implying that this dignity should be rewarded with labor rights. So leave it to the pope to enliven our conversation about…
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