Tag: North America

AT&T is tightening its return-to-office (RTO) policy in the new year, requiring all office-based employees to work on-site five days a week starting in January 2025, according to Business Insider.  ...

The workers' union representing more than 10,000 Starbucks baristas said they have authorized a potential strike, ahead of this year's final round of bargaining talks with the coffee giant on ...

One-third of companies push return-to-office mandates due to long office leases, not productivity.

Starbucks is making a significant move to improve employee satisfaction amid ongoing sales declines, announcing it is tripling its paid parental leave for U.S. store employees. Starting in March 2025, ...

Dreanda Cordero reentered the job market this year after a five-year break to raise three children, landing a data entry position she was not thrilled about that required on-site work ...

Melinda French Gates will donate $150 million to support women in the workplace, with $45M for AI.

Meta said on Thursday it was releasing an artificial intelligence model called Meta Motivo, which could control the movements of a human-like digital agent, with the potential to enhance Metaverse ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to back the anti-automation stance of some 45,000 union dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, whose labor talks are at an ...

Bellevue-based online marketplace OfferUp has laid off 22% of its workforce. The layoffs were announced to employees on Wednesday.  While OfferUp disclosed the percentage of its workforce affected, it did ...

JUST Capital, a nonprofit research organization, has released its 8th annual "Americans' Views on Business" survey, which clearly shows the growing expectations Americans have for corporate America.  The results indicate ...