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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday. The complaint from the National Labor Relations Board claims that Amazon is a so-called “joint employer”…
Many companies are introducing return-to-office mandates, and not all employees are happy with them.Companies requiring 5-day RTO will lose valuable employees, says Craig Levey, an employment lawyer.Levey lays out four steps employees can take if their company announces an RTO policy. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with…
BEIJING (Reuters) – BYD (SZ:) has significantly ramped up hiring, increasing its workforce to more than 900,000 people as of Friday, a senior manager said, making the Chinese electric vehicle giant one of the largest employers in the country. The move comes as the Chinese government has been prioritising a…
In businesses small and large, employers can fall into a series of legal pitfalls that could lead to both costly and damaging litigation brought by their workers.The outcome could involve hefty settlements that employers are compelled to cough up to employees who brought workplace-related lawsuits against them.Business Insider spoke with…