Author: Employnews
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Employee rights ‘They don’t know we’re here’: In Britain’s most pro-Brexit town, voters are still angry
Shoppers walk past an empty commercial unit in the central market square of Boston, England, Nov. 8, 2019.Elliot Smith | CNBCBOSTON, England — With Britain facing its second general election since the historic vote to leave the European Union in June 2016, voters in the nation’s most pro-Brexit town are even more angry and disillusioned…
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Sexual harassment From Vienna to Milan, opera manager Meyer considers #MeToo
The incoming general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala opera house discusses the European reaction to allegations of sexual harassment against Placido DomingoBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated PressNovember 28, 2019, 8:15 AM5 min readMILAN — Frenchman Dominique Meyer for the coming months will be simultaneously guiding two of Europe’s most important opera houses — doing…
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Violence at work Clashes halt production at Libyan oil field
The Libyan national oil company says it has suspended operations at a key oil field due to fighting between armed factionsNovember 27, 2019, 6:12 PM1 min readCAIRO — The Libyan national oil company says it has suspended operations at a key oil field due to fighting between armed factions. In a statement Wednesday, company chairman…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY 2019 was the year that tech workers had enough
New York (CNN Business)In the lead-up to the holidays, as many people put up their final out-of-office replies for the year, workers at grocery-delivery startup Instacart are fighting for their livelihoods. Each day this week, Instacart workers plan to take …
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Workplace discrimination Democrats’ December debate lineup could be all white, but diversity isn’t only about race
Peter Funt, Opinion contributor Published 4:00 a.m. ET Dec. 9, 2019 | Updated 12:15 p.m. ET Dec. 9, 2019CLOSEThe fact that no black candidate has qualified for the Los Angeles debate is no reflection on a diverse party that made Barack Obama president.Some Democrats are mired in misguided debate-stage correctness. The latest tempest: With Sen.…
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Employee rights US isn’t weaponizing the dollar; sanctions are the alternative to war, Mnuchin says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday rejected the suggestion that the Trump administration is weaponizing the dollar through its trade-restricting policies with other countries.”Let me be clear: we are not weaponizing the U.S. dollar,” Mnuchin told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the Doha Forum in Qatar. “If anything I would say the opposite; I take…
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Violence at work The Latest: Pope commits Church to work with Thai Buddhists
Pope Francis has denounced the “humiliation” endured by women and children forced into prostitution and migrants enslaved as fishermen and beggarsNovember 21, 2019, 12:57 PM3 min readBANGKOK — The Latest on Pope Francis’s visit to Thailand and Japan (all times local): 7 p.m. Pope Francis has denounced the “humiliation” endured by women and children forced…
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Workplace discrimination Anne Hathaway on ‘heartbreaking’ eco-drama ‘Dark Waters,’ being ‘inspired’ by Greta Thunberg
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Published 11:00 a.m. ET Dec. 4, 2019 CLOSEAnne Hathaway didn’t have to dig deep for her latest role in “Dark Waters.” In Todd Haynes’ whistleblower drama (now playing in select theaters, expanding nationwide Friday), the Oscar winner plays the real-life Sarah Bilott, whose husband, lawyer Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), helped expose decades…
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Employee rights Chinese ambassador demands that the UK government stops condoning ‘extreme, violent offences’
The Chinese ambassador to the U.K., Liu Xiaoming, has met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to urge the U.K to “stop condoning extreme, violent offences,” a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in London has told CNBC.This comes as the British government has lashed out at China over its alleged torture of a former worker at the…
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Sexual harassment Bloomberg’s sexist remarks fostered company culture that degraded women: Lawsuits
Mike Bloomberg has on repeated occasions faced and fought allegations that he directed crude and sexist comments to women in his office, including a claim in the 1990s that he told an employee who had just announced she was pregnant to “kill it.” “He told me to ‘kill it’ in a serious monotone voice,” the…