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European Commission Proposes New Rules And Actions For Artificial Intelligence
24/08/2021 Comments Off on European Commission Proposes New Rules And Actions For Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission proposes new rules and actions aiming to turn Europe into the global hub for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The combination of the first-ever legal framework on AI and a new Coordinated Plan with Member States will guarantee the safety and fundamental rights of people and businesses, while strengthening AI uptake, investment and […]
Continue reading …AI Policy Proposal In EU Could Change Hiring Landscape
24/08/2021 Comments Off on AI Policy Proposal In EU Could Change Hiring Landscape
AI policy proposals – ideas for laws and regulations covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) – for the workplace and for hiring are incubating throughout the world as the technology rapidly evolves. AI not only promises to take jobs from humans, AI will also play a role in how humans who are still in […]
Continue reading …Ethiopia starts building local rival to Facebook
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Ethiopia starts building local rival to FacebookEthiopia starts building local rival to Facebook Government wants its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. For the […]
Continue reading …Pfizer to buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics for $2.2B
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Pfizer to buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics for $2.2BPfizer Inc. said on Monday it would buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics Inc. in a $2.26 billion deal to strengthen its arsenal of blood cancer therapies.
Continue reading …‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking
23/08/2021 Comments Off on ‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking While the CEO of Nabisco’s parent company is paid nearly $17m a year, plants are closing, jobs outsourced to Mexico, and older workers are unable to retire on weakened pension benefits By Michael Sainato Mon 23 Aug 2021 […]
Continue reading …Twitchy markets prepare for September uncertainty
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Twitchy markets prepare for September uncertaintyMost analysts say September, not October or April, is the cruellest month for stocks. That could get worse if central bankers take away the punch bowl to end the party.
Continue reading …Mexican workers reject bargaining agreement at GM plant
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Mexican workers reject bargaining agreement at GM plant
WASHINGTON, DC – On Aug. 18, Mexican workers at the General Motors’ plant in Silao, Mexico, voted to reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement, an action heralded as a win for the labor protections built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The vote comes as a result of a first-of-its-kind comprehensive plan to remediate a past denial […]
Continue reading …Mexico – ILO observes union vote at GM plant in Silao, Guanajuato
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Mexico – ILO observes union vote at GM plant in Silao, Guanajuato
MEXICO (ILO News) – In response to a request from the government of Mexico, the International Labour Organization (ILO) carried out an observation mission of the process of the legitimization of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) at the General Motors (GM) plant located in Silao, Guanajuato. This request was also endorsed by the Confederation of […]
Continue reading …Right to request remote work in Ireland – Tánaiste publishes views
21/08/2021 Comments Off on Right to request remote work in Ireland – Tánaiste publishes views
20th August 2021 — The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD today published views from members of the public and stakeholder groups on the right to request remote work. Earlier this year the Tánaiste published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy, to make remote and blended working a bigger part of life […]
Continue reading …Right to request remote work law proposed in Ireland
21/08/2021 Comments Off on Right to request remote work law proposed in Ireland
The right to request remote work may soon become law in Ireland, making permanent a pandemic-related precaution. Currently all employees in Ireland can ask their employers for the right to work remotely. However, there is no legal framework around which a request can be made and how it should be dealt with by the employer. […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill