labor rights
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A Pay Transparency Reckoning Is Coming for Big Tech
Applying for jobs can feel like a crapshoot. A position sounds good, the hiring team seems to like you but, even once you’ve jumped through all the cover letter and interview hoops, you can still easily end up blindsided by a pay offer much lower than expected. The tides of change are coming though. Companies…
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Epic Games Faces Backlash After Ending Popular Time-Off Policy
Epic Games, creator of the massively popular and lucrative battle royale Fortnite, decided to end a popular policy of allowing staff every other Friday off earlier this week. According to a new report by Bloomberg, which a source corroborated for Kotaku, the move angered staff who were caught off guard by the sudden reversal change.
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Amazon Is Getting Sued for Failing to Give Warehouse Workers Meal and Rest Breaks In The U.S.
It’s well documented that some Amazon employees work in gruelling, physically taxing, and unsafe conditions. In fact, a former Amazon warehouse employee in California has sued the company for not allowing its workers to take their full mandated meal or rest breaks, even though it discounts time for the former in their paychecks.