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Opinion | Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
In the case of good employees who are being let go through no fault of their own, those conversations benefit the employer, too, because people remember how they’re treated in their lowest moments — and word spreads fast. Future hiring prospects will be reading all about it on Twitter or Glassdoor. In a tight labor …
Twitter asks some laid off workers to come back, Bloomberg reports
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Reuters) – After Twitter Inc laid off roughly half its staff on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, the company is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs …
Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back – The Irish Times
Twitter, after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion (€44 billion) acquisition, is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return. Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with …
M Health Fairview, mental health workers reach tentative deal
The 350 members of SEIU now have a tentative agreement on a contract, but other mental health workers in the metro are still on strike. MINNEAPOLIS — Union leaders and employer M Health Fairview have agreed on a tentative contract for workers after a 12-hour bargaining session. The deal was announced Monday night. The full …
Minnesota mental health workers set date for three-day strike
Workers at both healthcare facilities filed a 10-day notice before the strike begins Oct. 3. MINNEAPOLIS — Mental health workers from M Health Fairview and Allina Health filed a 10-day notice on Monday for their Unfair Labor Practice strike that would begin Oct. 3 if no agreement is reached. Over 400 workers from both organizations …
Embattled OHSU faces possible strike of 7,400 health and support workers
Already deep into what its top executive calls “crisis mode” over financial losses, Oregon Health & Science University now has another problem: About 7,400 respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other employees on Friday voted overwhelmingly to authorize their bargaining teams to call a strike. About 94% of workers represented by AFSCME Local 328 voted to authorize …
Women in industries under threat from AI and automation urged to ‘upskill’
Artificial intelligence and automation are seeping into our daily working lives — and female office workers are among those whose jobs are being taken over by machines. Key points: Analysts have found the jobs facing the fastest automation include retail workers, bookkeepers and receptionists Many of the jobs being automated are female-dominated Workers are being …
Record heat bears down on China’s hazmat-wearing Covid health workers
A medical worker in a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing cabin takes swab sample from a resident for Covid-19 nucleic acid test on August 22, 2022 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. It’s been a summer that has seen heat records jump across the globe. China’s health workers have been particularly impacted, enduring relentless heat waves …
UVA Health helping healthcare workers who experience workplace violence
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A new federal study says that healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than in any other industry, and that most instances go unreported. UVA Health is trying to make sure that its staff stays safe. “One thing that we’re trying to do as part of our …
Federal court requires Pennsylvania home healthcare agency to pay $293K in back wages, damages to 75 workers denied overtime
U.S. Labor Department investigation, litigation secured consent judgment SINKING SPRING, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a Sinking Spring home healthcare agency and its operator– which intentionally misclassified workers as independent contractors and misapplied an overtime rule to avoid paying full wages – to pay 75 caregiver employees …
