A TikToker user who applied to 150 jobs but remains unemployed is bringing attention to the ongoing labor shortage crisis.
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company is seeking unspecified damages and a permanent injunction from the company from a judge in New Delhi
A local cannabis company could lose its license after its products tested positive for a banned pesticide for the second time. The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has issued a recall notice for all Holland Cannabis flower and prerolled joints. While no one has been sickened, the board is investigating potential contamination with myclobutanil, a fungicide that is prohibited in Vermont's weed market. Holland Cannabis already had its license temporarily suspended and was operating under a...
Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.Following a steep spike in pandemic-related layoffs, LinkedIn released its now-ubiquitous “Open To Work” badge in 2020. If you’re on the platform regularly, you’ve probably seen your fair share of connections with the green banner on their profile picture, indicating that they’re looking for a new career opportunity. But is there a...
STORY: Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy, who took the helm two years ago to revive the flagging fitness firm, is stepping down. His departure, announced by the company Thursday, comes as demand for Peloton’s connected bikes and treadmills remains weak.Sales have waned since gyms reopened post-pandemic, followed by a cutback in consumer spending due to elevated inflation. McCarthy replaced founder John Foley in 2022, and with business chops honed at Netflix and Spotify, rebranded Peloton into a...
Sweden has become the first country to refuse to use Video Assistant
Imperial Oil says fewer than 100 Sarnia jobs are expected to be affected by the company’s decision to move some of its technology and lab operations to Houston.
Unions are spreading beyond the Big Three and changing the auto industry in America. Thousands of white collar workers have been laid off or taken buyouts in the past few years. The UAW achieved a once unthinkable victory last month when workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant voted to join the union. That momentum could continue next week as approximately 5,000 employees in Vance, Alabama will vote on whether or not to unionize a Mercedes plant. However, we’re more interested in white collar...
The April jobs report is expected to show the U.S. labor market cooled last month but that hiring remained solid even in the face of high interest rates and chronic inflation. The Labor Department's April payroll report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, is projected to show that hiring increased by 243,000 last month and that the unemployment rate held steady at 3.9%, according to a median estimate by LSEG economists. That would mark a decrease from the 303,000 gain in March, but it remains above the...
American Express CEO Steve Squeri told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday that Millennial and Gen Z customers made up 60% of new card acquisitions.
One political prisoner is allowed only one bucketful of unclean water a day to bathe in.
"U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls investigated over allegations he used campaign money to pay rent to his own company" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, is being investigated by...