Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business ( documentedny.com )
To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.
The reason CEOs want workers to Return To Office is because they want you to quit ( www.fastcompany.com )
The Billionaire-Fueled Lobbying Group Behind the State Bills to Ban Basic Income Experiments in the U.S. ( www.scottsantens.com )
Ok. ( lemmy.ml )
What a bad day to have internet.
Original ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Calls Out ‘Disney Scam’ of Naming New Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’: It ‘Resets Contract Terms Back to First Season’ ( variety.com )
“It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season,” DeKnight wrote on X/Twitter. “Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”
Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union ( apnews.com )
Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become ( www.theguardian.com )
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978 ( www.epi.org )
“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”
The world’s best airline is paying staff a bonus of 8 months’ salary after record annual net profit of $1.98 billion ( www.cnn.com )
UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses, they want the licensing agreements suspended until the company ends its union-busting campaign ( www.dailynews.com )
Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour ( www.theverge.com )
American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike ( fortune.com )
California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours ( www.usatoday.com )
Anyone tired of answering emails and calls from their boss after work may soon be protected by law in California....
Gen Z is unhappier at work than any other generation. Here are the two things they want. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires — 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.
Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Speaking with Game File (users will encounter a paywall) at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Larian director of publishing Michael Douse gave his take on the current state of the industry, including some sharp criticism on the wave after wave of mass layoffs we’ve been seeing....
Google disrupted YouTube video playback on Firefox, again - gHacks Tech News ( www.ghacks.net )
Some Firefox users noticed playback issues on YouTube for several months. These affected high resolution videos only, from 1080p and up. To make matters worse, no clear pattern could be identified....
Panera Bread exempt from following California’s new $20 minimum wage law due to relationship with Gov. Newsom: reports ( www.yahoo.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12541208...
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months ( www.eurogamer.net )
Staff at CD Projekt Red are uniting with others in the Polish video game industry to unionise. The union was formed aft…
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Surprise, surprise!
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence ( apnews.com )
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Southwest Airlines flight attendants land new contract with immediate 22% raise thanks to the Transport Workers Union Local 556 ( www.msn.com )
CEO pay is rising faster than it has in a decade — and 3 times as fast as worker wages ( qz.com )
The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake ( www.yahoo.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16471878...
Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity ( www.businessinsider.com )
Jamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut it ( www.businessinsider.com )
