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Violence at work Trade deal at risk as EU says UK must honor Brexit agreement
Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union look to be dimmingBy JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020, 3:46 PM• 5 min readLONDON — Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union appeared to dim Wednesday, with the EU saying that even the smallest U.K. breach…
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Violence at work Mourners gather to bid farewell to murdered Mexican reporter
Mourners have gathered at the wake of a newspaper reporter whose decapitated body was found a day earlier in an area suffering for months under organized crime violence in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz in MexicoBy FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and LEV GARCÍA Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020, 8:28 PM• 3 min readTEZONAPA, Mexico — Mourners gathered…
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Sexual harassment Pakistan detains 12 after gang rape of woman on highway
Pakistani police say they have detained 15 people for questioning after two armed men allegedly gang raped a woman in front of her children after her car broke down on a deserted highwaySeptember 10, 2020, 3:39 PM• 2 min readLAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police said they detained 15 people for questioning on Thursday, after two…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Lawsuits reveal just how fraught the workplace has become in the age of Covid-19
(CNN)When an elderly resident at an assisted living facility in Texas returned from the hospital after a surgery, she needed round-the-clock care — and the management put six workers on the case. …
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Professor under fire after using Chinese expression students say sounds like English slur
(CNN)A business professor at the University of Southern California became the center of an international academic controversy last weekend, after the school administration received a letter accusing …
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Violence at work Coronavirus shutdown threatens Mexico’s storied dance halls
The Salon Los Angeles has been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling on the dance floor to mambo, chachacha, salsa and danzonBy MARK STEVENSON Associated PressSeptember 8, 2020, 2:38 PM• 5 min readMEXICO CITY — The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa…
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Sexual harassment Army officials reveal new details in Vanessa Guillen case
This report is part of “Turning Point,” a groundbreaking month-long series by ABC News examining the racial reckoning sweeping the United States and exploring whether it can lead to lasting reconciliation.Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, doesn’t know if there will ever be justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, but he says “it’s clear”…
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Sexual harassment Feds seek halt to civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell
To continue “would adversely affect” the criminal prosecution, they argued. September 10, 2020, 8:47 PM• 8 min readFederal prosecutors pursuing the criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell in New York are asking a judge to temporarily halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit filed by an alleged child sex-abuse victim against Maxwell and the estate of the…
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Violence at work Review: Put down that phone, urges doc ‘The Social Dilemma’
Social media connects us and also divides usBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment WriterSeptember 8, 2020, 1:51 PM• 5 min read“The Social Dilemma” is the first film you’ll watch and immediately want to toss your smartphone into the garbage can. And then toss the garbage can through the window of a Facebook executive.It’s an eye-opening look…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Robots won’t take away our jobs. They will make work safer and more efficient
Robert Playter is CEO of Boston Dynamics. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, industries that did not previously pose a health and safety ris…