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Proposed Freelance Rights Bill Aims to Strengthen Gig Worker Protections
A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. House proposes enhanced protections for freelancers and gig workers, including guaranteed payment timelines and...
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Return-to-Office Mandates Spark Tension as Tech Firms Enforce Strict Policies
Several major US tech companies are ending remote or hybrid arrangements, mandating employees return to office-based schedules. Employers claim...
Job Seekers Are Using AI to Write Applications – and Recruiters Can Tell
According to a new hiring survey, nearly half of today’s applicants admit using AI tools like ChatGPT to draft their résumés or cover letters....
AI Anxiety Hits Hiring: Companies Freeze Roles That Bots Could Fill
A wave of “automation attrition” is hitting the job market as companies hold off on filling certain roles that artificial intelligence could...
Mental Health as the New Must-Have Work Perk
Companies across the US and Europe are upping their game when it comes to employees’ mental well-being. Driven by a rising Gen Z and Millennial...
Judge blocks Trump’s federal agency layoffs, saying Congress didn’t approve mass firings
A federal judge in San Francisco paused President Trump’s sweeping plan to cut thousands of federal jobs, ruling that only Congress can authorize...
Strike at Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut seeks job security amid aerospace boom
About 3,000 IAM union workers at Pratt & Whitney have been on strike for over a week, demanding that aerospace manufacturing jobs remain in...
Amazon Settles Worker Safety Cases, Agrees to Reforms
Amazon has reached a corporate-wide settlement with the Labor Department over warehouse safety citations, committing to an ergonomic overhaul. The...
Kaiser Therapists Ratify Deal After Historic Strike
After over six months on the picket line, around 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health providers in Southern California ended their strike by...
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