In 2021, a group of researchers published the results of a wide-ranging experiment they had conducted to examine the hiring practices of leading employers across the country. Over the course of two years, they submitted more than 83,000 fake job applications for 11,000 entry-level positions at more than a hundred of the largest U.S. companies by revenue. The researchers sent in nearly identical sets of applications with names that were “distinctively Black” or “distinctively white”—as well as...
After grueling months with dual strikes leading to lengthy work stoppages in Hollywood, the Writers Guild of America was crowing over the new deals struck with the studios. Higher salaries and better royalty payouts were agreed to, along with a number of other concerns, and it appeared the struggle with months of no paychecks had ultimately been worth it as it was said to have led to a happy ending.
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Analysis of cyber attacks targeting U.K. organizations highlights the effectiveness of social engineering attacks and the fact that businesses are missing the mark on how to stop it.
The growth in workers' annual earnings has retreated from an initial surge during the Covid-19 pandemic. But some jobs are still paying healthy raises.
The union representing more than 10,000 transit workers in Toronto says it has taken the "first step toward strike action" as contract talks with the TTC stall. On Monday morning, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 said it has applied to the Ministry of Labour to request that a conciliator be appointed. “Our union’s collective bargaining team has been working through negotiations with the TTC for weeks trying to get our members the new contract they deserve. The TTC is refusing...
LONDON — More than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England are taking legal action against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said. Lawyers from three law firms said Sunday they have submitted a group claim on behalf of more than 250 clients to the U.K.’s investigatory powers tribunal. They said they could not provide further details because it was an ongoing legal matter. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi set up a...
On Monday, U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced another round of outflows, shedding $36.7 million since the outflows on Friday. Additionally, after the close of Monday’s market, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) offloaded 2,524.1 bitcoins valued at $159.25 million. Blackrock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC Lead in Bitcoin Accumulation as GBTC Sells Off Since the trading […]
The union said workers in passenger services, who assist travellers to catch connecting flights, trolley operations, and security guards will have their jobs outsourced by June.
Around 47 per cent have looked at work outside the NHS and 29 per cent have actively inquired about non-NHS work, researchers found.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.
Cleveland Cliffs plant set to idle this Saturday.