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[Canada] Ontario employers failed to pay $9m wages

[Canada] Ontario employers failed to pay $9m wages [Canada] Ontario employers failed to pay $9m wages

The data revealed that there has been a steep decline in the number of prosecutions for non-compliance with the Ontario...
27 Jul 2023
[Canada] RNs get 2% annual raise and $2k bonus in new collective agreement

[Canada] RNs get 2% annual raise and $2k bonus in new collective agreement [Canada] RNs get 2% annual raise and $2k bonus in new collective agreement

The agreement between the provincial government and the Registered Nurses' Union was struck on July 1.
26 Jul 2023
[US] Leading AI companies make ‘voluntary’ safety commitments at the White House

[US] Leading AI companies make ‘voluntary’ safety commitments at the White House [US] Leading AI companies make ‘voluntary’ safety commitments at the White House

The big-name companies taking part in this non-binding agreement are Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI.
25 Jul 2023
[US] Union effort launched at world’s largest Starbucks

[US] Union effort launched at world’s largest Starbucks [US] Union effort launched at world’s largest Starbucks

Starbucks employees at the coffee giant’s 35,000-square-foot store at 646 N. Michigan Avenue, filed for a union election with the...
25 Jul 2023
[US] Does the Defend Trade Secrets Act protect confidential data?

[US] Does the Defend Trade Secrets Act protect confidential data? [US] Does the Defend Trade Secrets Act protect confidential data?

The DTSA amended the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) to provide a federal civil remedy against trade secret misappropriators.
22 Jul 2023
[US] Google data leak reveals 2022 salaries

[US] Google data leak reveals 2022 salaries [US] Google data leak reveals 2022 salaries

The data comes from an internal spreadsheet shared among Google employees containing information from over 12,000 US workers for 2022.
21 Jul 2023
[US] Yakima orchard owners pay $500,000 in backpay to settle lawsuit

[US] Yakima orchard owners pay $500,000 in backpay to settle lawsuit [US] Yakima orchard owners pay $500,000 in backpay to settle lawsuit

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries found that between 2018 and 2021, workers were improperly paid for the...
14 Jul 2023
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