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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Australia Moves Closer to Ban Social Media for Children
Australia on Wednesday moved closer to banning social media for children under 16. Australia's House of Representatives passed the bill 102 votes to 13 after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor government secured bipartisan support for the ban.
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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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"When They Needed Us, They Exploited Us": Indian Students In Canada
Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labor and discarding them once they're no longer needed.
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US Bans Imports From Five Chinese Firms Over Alleged Forced Labour
The US government banned imports of solar panel materials from a Chinese company and placed trade restrictions on four others Thursday for alleged use of forced labor in the Xinjiang region.
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Chip Shortage: Auto Sector Urges US Congress to Help Fund Semiconductor Production
The US auto industry and United Auto Workers union urged Congress to tie billions of dollars in government funding to boost semiconductor production to help fill the needs of automakers forced to slash production because of chip shortages.
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Migrants Break Barricades, Rush In After UP's "No Entry" Order: Watch
Thousands of people, arms laden with small children and baggage, running pell-mell on a highway as cars zip past -- this was what Mathura witnessed last evening after the Uttar Pradesh government stopped entry of migrants following multiple deaths on the highway. Many labourers, who were making their way back into the state had died -- some from ex...
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What Sacked Google Engineers Said In Complaint To US Government
A group of four fired Google engineers filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday alleging the company retaliated against them for their activism around possibly forming a union.
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Oracle in Court Over Allegedly Underpaying Women and Minorities by $400 Million
In a rare public display of the alleged bias against female and minority tech workers, the Department of Labor made its case in a hearing Thursday that Oracle underpaid women, Asians and black employees working in certain roles at its Silicon Valley headquarters by $401 million (roughly Rs. 2,862 crores) over the course of four years, one of the la...
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Opinion: Authors of Premji University's Report On Unemployment Explain The Problems
It seems that nearly every day, our media carries stories of concern about the employment situation in India. The stories include accounts of a desire for jobs that is not being met, the vast over-subscription of government jobs, the falling labor force participation of women, the diminishing opportunities for decent employment in rural India, or m...
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PM Modi's Big Fix For Gaps In India's Job Data
The government is set to map employment in the economy's vast informal sector when the labor ministry starts publishing quarterly surveys on jobs in about a year's time, covering enterprises with less than 10 people, including those who are self-employed.
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Orange Is The New Blue: Foreign Media On Colour-Coded Passports
In India, the rich and poor inhabit vastly different worlds. Now, many fear, new government rules will deepen that divide with different-colored passports.
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US Provides Visas To Upto 15,000 Temporary Workers
The US government is allowing 15,000 additional visas for temporary seasonal workers to help American businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm because of a shortage of such labor, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.
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Google Tried to Restrict Media Coverage of Gender Discrimination Case: Report
The company tried to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Labor, claiming that a government attorney may have violated ethics rules after he/she did an interview with the Guardian.
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Will Quit Business If Confirmed As US Labour Secretary: Andrew Puzder
US President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of labor has proposed avoiding conflicts of interest by resigning as CEO of his fast food empire, selling off hundreds of holdings and recusing himself from government decisions in which he has a financial interest, according to his ethics filings with the government.
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Australia Moves Closer to Ban Social Media for Children
Australia on Wednesday moved closer to banning social media for children under 16. Australia's House of Representatives passed the bill 102 votes to 13 after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor government secured bipartisan support for the ban.
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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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"When They Needed Us, They Exploited Us": Indian Students In Canada
Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labor and discarding them once they're no longer needed.
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US Bans Imports From Five Chinese Firms Over Alleged Forced Labour
The US government banned imports of solar panel materials from a Chinese company and placed trade restrictions on four others Thursday for alleged use of forced labor in the Xinjiang region.
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Chip Shortage: Auto Sector Urges US Congress to Help Fund Semiconductor Production
The US auto industry and United Auto Workers union urged Congress to tie billions of dollars in government funding to boost semiconductor production to help fill the needs of automakers forced to slash production because of chip shortages.
-
Migrants Break Barricades, Rush In After UP's "No Entry" Order: Watch
Thousands of people, arms laden with small children and baggage, running pell-mell on a highway as cars zip past -- this was what Mathura witnessed last evening after the Uttar Pradesh government stopped entry of migrants following multiple deaths on the highway. Many labourers, who were making their way back into the state had died -- some from ex...
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What Sacked Google Engineers Said In Complaint To US Government
A group of four fired Google engineers filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday alleging the company retaliated against them for their activism around possibly forming a union.
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Oracle in Court Over Allegedly Underpaying Women and Minorities by $400 Million
In a rare public display of the alleged bias against female and minority tech workers, the Department of Labor made its case in a hearing Thursday that Oracle underpaid women, Asians and black employees working in certain roles at its Silicon Valley headquarters by $401 million (roughly Rs. 2,862 crores) over the course of four years, one of the la...
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Opinion: Authors of Premji University's Report On Unemployment Explain The Problems
It seems that nearly every day, our media carries stories of concern about the employment situation in India. The stories include accounts of a desire for jobs that is not being met, the vast over-subscription of government jobs, the falling labor force participation of women, the diminishing opportunities for decent employment in rural India, or m...
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PM Modi's Big Fix For Gaps In India's Job Data
The government is set to map employment in the economy's vast informal sector when the labor ministry starts publishing quarterly surveys on jobs in about a year's time, covering enterprises with less than 10 people, including those who are self-employed.
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Orange Is The New Blue: Foreign Media On Colour-Coded Passports
In India, the rich and poor inhabit vastly different worlds. Now, many fear, new government rules will deepen that divide with different-colored passports.
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US Provides Visas To Upto 15,000 Temporary Workers
The US government is allowing 15,000 additional visas for temporary seasonal workers to help American businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm because of a shortage of such labor, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.
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Google Tried to Restrict Media Coverage of Gender Discrimination Case: Report
The company tried to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Labor, claiming that a government attorney may have violated ethics rules after he/she did an interview with the Guardian.
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Will Quit Business If Confirmed As US Labour Secretary: Andrew Puzder
US President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of labor has proposed avoiding conflicts of interest by resigning as CEO of his fast food empire, selling off hundreds of holdings and recusing himself from government decisions in which he has a financial interest, according to his ethics filings with the government.
