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About 500 Samsung India Factory Workers Said to be Holding Protest in Latest Dispute
About 500 workers at Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant are holding are protesting against the suspension of three employees. Sources familiar with the matter said there was no production impact for now as Samsung had brought in contract workers to manage the situation.
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Amazon Workers On Strike In US: Will It Impact Christmas Deliveries? An Explainer
The strike was launched after Amazon ignored the deadline to negotiate new contracts for higher wages, better benefits and safer working conditions.
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Apple Said to Face Possibility of Relying on China After Tata Plant Fire
A recent fire at Tata Group's Apple iPhone component plant in southern India has caused an indefinite production halt at Tata's Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu, the only Indian supplier of iPhone back panels and some other parts for both contract manufacturer Foxconn in the country and its own iPhone assembly at another plant.
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Firings For Protesting Israel Contract Were Illegal, Say Ex-Google Workers
A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a US labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Woman Claims Sexual Assault By Hospital Staff, Delhi Minister Orders Probe
A woman, working as a housekeeping staff on a contract basis in Burari Government Hospital, has accused her manager and three supervisors of molesting and harassing her and two other employees.
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Naughty Dog Has Reportedly Laid Off 25 Employees, The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is ‘On Ice’
The Last of Us creator Naughty Dog has joined the list of major studios cutting down on its staff. As per Kotaku, the studio has laid off 25 employees, most of whom are quality assurance (QA) testers. The affected workers will be required to finish working until the end of October, and there’s no severance. Additionally, The Last of Us spin-off m...
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Analysis: Women Working On Contract Deserve Maternity Benefits Too
In the last few years, courts across India have held in various judgments that maternity leave and its consequential benefits should be extended to contractual employees.
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Does Picking Your Nose Increase Your Risk Of Covid? Study Says...
According to a recent study, health professionals who picked their noses were more likely to contract Covid than those who didn't.
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Nearly 6 Percent of Contract Workers Lost Jobs in India's IT Sector in Past Year, Says Recruitment Body
Nearly six percent of outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India's information technology sector in the January-March period compared to the previous quarter following the impact of the global slowdown and Russia-Ukraine war, a recruitment body said.
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60,000 IT Sector Contract Workers Lost Jobs In A Year: Recruitment Body
Nearly 60,000 outsourced contract workers lost jobs in the information technology sector in the year ending in March as jobs for flexi workers hired through contractors by companies shrank 7.7% from a year earlier, a recruitment body said.
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Twitter Faces Lawsuit Accusing Company of Firing Workers Without Notice After Elon Musk's Takeover
Twitter faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts.
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Twitter Accused Of Legal Violations Again During Mass Layoffs
Twitter Inc faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts.
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Facebook Parent Meta Can Be Sued for Inhumane Working Conditions, Rules Kenyan Court
A Kenyan court on Monday rejected a bid by Facebook's parent company Meta to stop a case accusing it of exploitation and poor working conditions. The suit was filed by a former content moderator at Sama, a company contracted by Meta to review Facebook posts, and alleges that workers in Kenya were subjected to inhumane conditions, including forced l...
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iPhone Factory Workers Protest at Foxconn Plant Hit by COVID-19 in China
Protests broke out at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. The trigger for the protests appeared to be a plan to delay bonus payments, many of the demonstrators said on livestream feeds. Foxconn said in a statement it had fulfilled its payment contracts and that reports of staff with COVID-19 liv...
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Twitter's Outsourced Content Moderators Face Layoffs After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter's content moderators are being laid off by the company, weeks after Elon Musk fired half of the company's regular workforce. Like other big social media firms, Twitter has also relied heavily on contractors to track hate and enforce rules against harmful content. Twitter is said to have eliminated an untold number of contract jobs over th...
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About 500 Samsung India Factory Workers Said to be Holding Protest in Latest Dispute
About 500 workers at Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant are holding are protesting against the suspension of three employees. Sources familiar with the matter said there was no production impact for now as Samsung had brought in contract workers to manage the situation.
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Amazon Workers On Strike In US: Will It Impact Christmas Deliveries? An Explainer
The strike was launched after Amazon ignored the deadline to negotiate new contracts for higher wages, better benefits and safer working conditions.
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Apple Said to Face Possibility of Relying on China After Tata Plant Fire
A recent fire at Tata Group's Apple iPhone component plant in southern India has caused an indefinite production halt at Tata's Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu, the only Indian supplier of iPhone back panels and some other parts for both contract manufacturer Foxconn in the country and its own iPhone assembly at another plant.
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Firings For Protesting Israel Contract Were Illegal, Say Ex-Google Workers
A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a US labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Woman Claims Sexual Assault By Hospital Staff, Delhi Minister Orders Probe
A woman, working as a housekeeping staff on a contract basis in Burari Government Hospital, has accused her manager and three supervisors of molesting and harassing her and two other employees.
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Naughty Dog Has Reportedly Laid Off 25 Employees, The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is ‘On Ice’
The Last of Us creator Naughty Dog has joined the list of major studios cutting down on its staff. As per Kotaku, the studio has laid off 25 employees, most of whom are quality assurance (QA) testers. The affected workers will be required to finish working until the end of October, and there’s no severance. Additionally, The Last of Us spin-off m...
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Analysis: Women Working On Contract Deserve Maternity Benefits Too
In the last few years, courts across India have held in various judgments that maternity leave and its consequential benefits should be extended to contractual employees.
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Does Picking Your Nose Increase Your Risk Of Covid? Study Says...
According to a recent study, health professionals who picked their noses were more likely to contract Covid than those who didn't.
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Nearly 6 Percent of Contract Workers Lost Jobs in India's IT Sector in Past Year, Says Recruitment Body
Nearly six percent of outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India's information technology sector in the January-March period compared to the previous quarter following the impact of the global slowdown and Russia-Ukraine war, a recruitment body said.
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60,000 IT Sector Contract Workers Lost Jobs In A Year: Recruitment Body
Nearly 60,000 outsourced contract workers lost jobs in the information technology sector in the year ending in March as jobs for flexi workers hired through contractors by companies shrank 7.7% from a year earlier, a recruitment body said.
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Twitter Faces Lawsuit Accusing Company of Firing Workers Without Notice After Elon Musk's Takeover
Twitter faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts.
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Twitter Accused Of Legal Violations Again During Mass Layoffs
Twitter Inc faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts.
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Facebook Parent Meta Can Be Sued for Inhumane Working Conditions, Rules Kenyan Court
A Kenyan court on Monday rejected a bid by Facebook's parent company Meta to stop a case accusing it of exploitation and poor working conditions. The suit was filed by a former content moderator at Sama, a company contracted by Meta to review Facebook posts, and alleges that workers in Kenya were subjected to inhumane conditions, including forced l...
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iPhone Factory Workers Protest at Foxconn Plant Hit by COVID-19 in China
Protests broke out at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. The trigger for the protests appeared to be a plan to delay bonus payments, many of the demonstrators said on livestream feeds. Foxconn said in a statement it had fulfilled its payment contracts and that reports of staff with COVID-19 liv...
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Twitter's Outsourced Content Moderators Face Layoffs After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter's content moderators are being laid off by the company, weeks after Elon Musk fired half of the company's regular workforce. Like other big social media firms, Twitter has also relied heavily on contractors to track hate and enforce rules against harmful content. Twitter is said to have eliminated an untold number of contract jobs over th...
