Tag: North America

The White House on Thursday walked back President Donald Trump's claim the day before that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to cut 65% of its workforce, saying that the environmental ...

One year after California introduced a first-of-its-kind $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers, an increase of up to 70 cents is slated for a vote. California's Fast Food Council, comprised ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers to hire foreign workers because it can pay them less ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared on Wednesday to lean toward making it easier for people from "majority backgrounds," such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday directed federal agencies to prepare for more large-scale layoffs that would further thin the ranks of the U.S. civil service. The memo calls ...

Another round of layoffs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday pushed the total number of job cuts to 2,400 in less than a month.  This latest round ...

On Tuesday, 21 employees from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned, expressing concerns about the department's approach to government reform.  The resigning staffers, who were part of the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Apple to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, a day after the iPhone maker's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to keep them in the ...

WeWork and its landlord, Almacantar, have settled a legal dispute over the coworking giant's flagship office at 10 York Road in London.  The High Court ruled in favor of WeWork, ...

JPMorgan Chase will continue its diversity efforts, its CEO Jamie Dimon said in an interview with CNBC on Monday, despite a broader corporate retreat from such initiatives. The bank will ...