Workers Shuffling Jobs Want a Skills-First Labor Market
[ad_1] In the spring of 2021, the world started opening up again, and we saw an unprecedented amount of movement in the global labor market. It was a moment we…
Algorithms Need Management Training, Too
[ad_1] The European Union is expected to finalize the Platform Work Directive, its new legislation to regulate digital labor platforms, this month. This is the first law proposed at the European…
The Work-From-Anywhere War Is Beginning
[ad_1] Who calls the shots on how many days you end up working in the office? It has gradually dawned on bosses that it isn’t them. The real power holders?…
Robo Truckers and the AI-Fueled Future of Transport
[ad_1] While adaptive cruise control might seem very different from a fully autonomous vehicle—and it is, technologically—the two technologies reside on the same spectrum. And in even the most advanced…
Activision Blizzard Has Another Union on Its Hands. Now What?
[ad_1] On October 18, after the NLRB ruled that Blizzard Albany QA workers would be able to vote in a union election, newly instated chief communications officer Lulu Cheng Meservey posted a…
Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers Need More Than Training
[ad_1] Every year, 600,000 people leave prison, and many seek jobs. And because research suggests that quality employment can help prevent recidivism—not to mention that working is often part of…
Beware the Distraction of the Twitter Mob Campaign
[ad_1] If ever there were a timely reminder of the dangers of viral social media activism, the sorry saga of Bayonetta voice actor Hellena Taylor is surely it. In seemingly…
Amazon Workers Lose Another Union Vote as Management Digs In
[ad_1] The Amazon Labor Union, which made history in April by unionizing the first Amazon warehouse in the US, lost its latest campaign today, at a facility in Schodack, New…
A New EU Law Would Force iPhones to Adopt USB-C Charging
[ad_1] The age of the Lightning cable is coming to an end. This week, the European Union passed legislation requiring all phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the EU to…
The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
[ad_1] Like Murphy, many overemployed individuals are achieving financial milestones that once seemed out of reach—from buying a home to building up sizable savings. In one Discord conversation, a member…
A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply-Chain Chaos
[ad_1] Unions have also disputed how railroads have used new congressionally-mandated automated emergency braking systems to justify plans to remove conductors from trains, which would leave the engineer the sole…
Extreme Heat Is Becoming More Dangerous for Farmworkers
[ad_1] And it’s only going to get worse. In a 2020 paper, University of Washington researchers calculated that the average number of “days spent working in unsafe conditions” due to…
Beware the Contract Clause Loading US Workers With Debt
[ad_1] The bite of a TRAP can be particularly painful when a worker has been led to believe that it won’t be used. Scally could not afford to pay her…