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☆ Lowe's employee resigns after viral TikTok shows him screaming for help while retrieving a large box, family member says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Lowe's employee resigned after a viral TikTok showed him struggling to retrieve a large box. Lowe's said it took "prompt action" following the TikTok video, but did not elaborate. "People are crazy and he was scared people would go to the store looking to harass him," the family member added. When Insider reported the viral TikTok earlier this month, a Lowe's spokesman said the company took "prompt action to address it." When the employee was retrieving the furniture, "it shifted and cut the machine off, which is what caused him to panic," the family member said.

☆ A Chick-fil-A in North Carolina is accused of writing a racial slur on an order slip. The chain called it a 'misspelling' of the customer's name.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Chick-fil-A customer in North Carolina said her daughter's order slip contained a racial slur. A Facebook post regarding the incident has gone viral, with more than 660 comments. The meal, she said, was returned with a racial slur on the order slip attached to the cup and the takeout bag. Some supported Jackson and her daughter and accused Chick-fil-A of supporting a culture of bigotry. In 2018, Taco Bell reportedly fired a cashier who was accused of writing a racial slur on a customer's receipt in Pennsylvania.

☆ See the 9-slide presentation that got General Catalyst to bet $5 million on a startup helping people with disabilities get accommodations at work
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Managing requests for disability accommodations can be a tricky and time consuming process. Disclo grabbed $5 million in seed funding from General Catalyst in February using this pitch deck. In February, Atlanta-based Disclo raised $5 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst. Disclo provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to land $5 million from General Catalyst and other investors. Here's the deck Disclo used to get $5 million from General Catalyst.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) imposes penalties of $1,000 per violation and $5,000 for reckless or intentional violations. The Chamber in a brief filed last year said a ruling against White Castle would spur litigation that could be financially ruinous for some companies. A Chicago-based U.S. appeals court had asked the Illinois Supreme Court to decide the issue. Ohio-based White Castle in a statement provided by a spokesperson said it was disappointed with the ruling and was considering its options. The case is Cothron v. White Castle System Inc, Illinois Supreme Court, No.

☆ Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen warns remote work is 'not a good life' for young workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marc Andreessen said remote work has "detonated" the role of office relationships in people's lives. The billionaire said during a summit that young remote workers are "cut off from everything." It's not the first time Andreessen has addressed the rise of remote work. Last year, he said remote work could cause an "earthquake" in how we live. In 2021, he said in a blog post that remote work was "a consequence of the internet that's maybe even more important than the internet."

☆ 'Resenteeism:' When you hate your job enough to do more than 'quiet quit,' but are too anxious about the economy to leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Resenteeism" is aiming to join the worker's lexicon alongside "quiet quitting." It describes being openly apathetic about work, but being reluctant to quit due to anxiety about job security. The job market is still going strong, but Americans are anxious about tech layoffs and a possible recession. Resenteeism involves keeping your job when you don't want to — namely, when you're worried about job security or a lack of other opportunities available. What makes resenteeism different from normal 9-to-5 blues, in theory, is that you're more open with your dissatisfaction at work.

☆ Can you file for unemployment if you're getting severance or freelancing? Here’s what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Who qualifies for unemployment benefits? You're eligible to receive unemployment insurance if you lose your job through no fault of your own, which includes being laid off. The average weekly unemployment benefit was around $385 as of the third quarter of 2022, but it can vary widely. Should you file for unemployment if you're getting severance? Some states will let you apply for and receive unemployment benefits even if you're getting severance pay, whereas others say severance money could lower your benefit amount or make you ineligible at that time.

☆ Tech CEOs screwed up, and it's time to hold them accountable
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm Matt Weinberger, deputy editor of Insider's tech analysis team, filling in for Diamond Naga Siu. Is it time for CEOs to start losing their jobs? Ed Zitron argues for Insider that the thousands of tech workers who lost their jobs in recent months are actually just taking the fall for the real problem in Silicon Valley — CEOs who aren't up to the task of leadership. He praised the CEOs of Apple and Intel for recently taking pay cuts as their companies hit tougher times. Late Friday afternoon, a federal jury officially ruled that the Tesla CEO's infamous "funding secured" tweet didn't harm shareholders, making him not liable for damages.

☆ UK Google employees may not know if they're being laid off until April, according to internal memo
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

UK-based Google employees may not know if their jobs are at risk until "early April." "I know many of you will be feeling anxious," Google's UK chief told staff in a memo this week. UK Google employees affected by the company's recent layoffs may not be notified that their jobs are in danger until April, according to a memo sent to staff on Tuesday. Matt Brittin, Google's executive overseeing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, told UK employees that those whose roles were provisionally targeted for redundancy would know "by early April." "I know many of you will be feeling anxious," Brittin told employees in the memo.

☆ A former Google exec is suing the company, saying a coworker sexually harassed and drunkenly berated him
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A former Google exec is blaming his termination from the company on discrimination and retaliation. Ryan Olohan says Google had failed to act on his complaints about a coworker's sexual advances. Ryan Olohan, formerly Google's managing director of food, beverage, and restaurants, filed a complaint against Google in November alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination, race discrimination, and retaliation. The suit names Tiffany Miller, Google's director of programmatic media, as a codefendant. The complaint says Google "discriminated against Olohan and subjected him to adverse employment actions including, but not limited to, terminating his employment."

☆ German labour representative says Ford execs have offered talks on restructuring plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ford said on Jan. 20 that its planned shift to electric vehicle (EV) production will require unspecified structural changes, giving rise to fears of job cuts at its German production sites. Ford committed to an all-electric lineup in Europe by 2030 and its U.S. leadership has repeatedly flagged that EVs require less labour. German union officials said on Wednesday that Ford would decide by mid-February how many jobs to cut in Europe. "Ford management has indicated their willingness to talk," Benjamin Gruschka, who is affiliated with trade union IG Metall, told a media briefing in Cologne. He said no date for talks had been agreed and that Ford had yet to give details on what their restructuring plan entails.

☆ U.S. unemployment system still plagued by delays 3 years after pandemic-era downturn
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesThese days the U.S. unemployment system is somewhat of an anomaly. At the pandemic-era nadir, just 52% got a "timely" first payment of unemployment insurance, for example. Unemployment claims spiked as businesses closed amid stay-at-home orders to contain the virus' spread. States get funding based on their administrative workload, like the volume of claims states are paying. That's especially true for one CARES Act program, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

☆ YouTube Music contractors must move to and work from its Austin offices by February 6. Staffers say this is a retaliatory move after they voted to unionize.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These staffers, many of whom work remotely and do not live in Austin, work for Cognizant, a major contractor for YouTube's parent company Alphabet. Employees who spoke to Insider say the firm's requirement that they return to its offices was retaliatory following the team's decision to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) in October 2022. When Cognizant set the February deadline last November, it gave employees outside Austin only about three months to move. The employees in Austin were fully aware of the intention to return to the office prior to the filing of a petition. Moreover, all associates working on this project were hired with the understanding that the jobs were based in an Austin office location.

☆ Starbucks cup lids are falling off — it's not your imagination. Workers say it's a problem.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider spoke to five Starbucks workers around the US who reported faulty lids. The workers said lids don't fit cups and regularly spill on customers. Starbucks didn't comment on the lids, but the company has dealt with supply chain problems in the past. The situation was so dire in December that he estimates he was throwing about 50% of lids away as they were unusable, he told Insider. "Cup and lid issues were way less common before the pandemic" a worker in Pennsylvania who has been at Starbucks since 2018 told Insider.

☆ Layoffs might cause workers who are left behind to quit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As layoffs creep upward, the findings have implications for firms that have let go of employees. Visier published a study about turnover contagion following resignations, and later detailed its finding related to layoffs in a recent LinkedIn post. After all, managers might not be fully aware of their team member's social ties, particularly if employees work remotely or have a hybrid setup. Bosses might be on team Zoom calls, but they don't see, for instance, that their team members regularly text each other on and off the clock. But they need to think about their team member's salary, growth, and market value.

☆ A former mail carrier and devout Christian who refused to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays is taking the US Postal Service to the Supreme Court for bias
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court is to hear an appeal by a former mail carrier who is accusing the USPS of religious bias. Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian, has said he was reprimanded for refusing to deliver parcels on Sundays. Groff's legal team appealed this ruling and has now succeeded in having it heard at the Supreme Court. When Groff joined the postal service in 2012, he did so with the understanding that it did not operate on Sundays. His attitude caused resentment among his co-workers, with one carrier leaving their station and another quitting the Postal Service.

☆ Thousands of Indonesian workers protest against president's job decree
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Constitutional Court had ruled the 2020 Jobs Creation Law was flawed, saying there had been insufficient public consultation before the law was passed. "Job creation should be in line with workers' welfare improvement, but this decree runs counter to it. Protesters held a banner saying "Say no to outsourcing", while others had signs reading, "Refuse job creation emergency decree because there is no emergency situation". "We don't want the state to become only an agent for dirty entrepreneurs to weaken workers' welfare," Said told reporters. The Jobs Creation Law, revising more than 70 other laws, had been welcomed by foreign investors for cutting red tape.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an evangelical Christian mail carrier's employment discrimination claim in a case that could force employers to do more to accommodate the religious practices of their workers. Postal Service could have granted his request that he be spared Sunday shifts based on his religious belief that it is a day of worship and rest. Based on his request for an accommodation, his managers arranged for other postal workers to deliver packages on Sundays until July 2018. Upon resigning, he sued the Postal Service for failing to accommodate his request. In the earlier ruling, the court said that employers are not required to make accommodation if it would impose even a minimal burden.

☆ Amid 'quiet hiring,' here’s what highly successful workplaces should focus on
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In 2023, "quiet hiring" — when a company redistributes staffers or recruits short-term contractors instead of hiring full-time employees — could dominate the workplace. How quality workplaces improve retentionThriving companies conduct regular surveys and host check-ins to track employee engagement, Labbe says. Quiet hiring itself can also help with employee retention. Emily Rose McRae, a Gartner HR analyst who helped coin the term "quiet hiring," told CNBC Make It last week. At Toptal, during periods the recruiting team wasn't busy, some team members moved over to the sales team, Labbe says.

☆ UK first-time home-buyers' mortgage costs highest since 2008: Nationwide
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Mortgage costs for first-time home-buyers in Britain have risen to their highest since 2008, reflecting a surge in interest rates over the past year, Nationwide Building Society said on Friday. The Bank of England started to raise interest rates in December 2021 - when they were just 0.1% - and they reached 3.5% last month, the fastest tightening in decades. Financial market turmoil caused by Liz Truss's September mini-budget had exacerbated the rise in mortgage rates, Nationwide said. "While wider financial market conditions had stabilised by the end of 2022, with market interest rates falling back towards the levels prevailing before the mini-budget, mortgage rates are taking longer to normalise," Nationwide economist Andrew Harvey said. House price to earnings ratios are down slightly from a year ago, reflecting falling house prices and faster wage growth.

☆ The far-right wore Brazil's national soccer team jersey during anti-democratic riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Brazilian national team's soccer jersey has been appropriated by Bolsonaro for years. When Brazil's national team won the 2019 Copa America, Bolsonaro sat squarely with the players and trophy, smiling ear to ear as he parroted the win. "The Brazilian national team shirt is a symbol of the joy of our people," the CBF tweeted on Monday. "Brazil's yellow shirts shimmered and sparkled in the blistering white sunlight of the Mexican noon — the appointed time of kick-offs to support European TV schedules." "We can't be ashamed of wearing our green and yellow shirt," da Silva said in late November, per The Guardian.

☆ Connecticut lawmaker killed in tragic collision hours after being sworn in
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Connecticut lawmaker died hours after being sworn in as state representative. Lawmakers mourned state Rep. Quentin "Q" Williams following the announcement of his death. The collision occurred around 12:45 a.m. local time just outside of Middletown, Connecticut, on Route 9 in a town called Cromwell. The 39-year-old lawmaker, state Rep. Quentin "Q" Williams of Middletown in the 100th District, a Democrat serving in the Connecticut General Assembly, had been sworn in on Wednesday. The Connecticut State Police and Williams' office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ What Apple, Google and other Big Tech companies are paying, based on new salary transparency data
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It just got a lot easier to see how much some of the biggest tech companies in the world pay, thanks to a rollout of new salary transparency laws across the country. As of Jan. 1, California and Washington joined New York City and Colorado in legally requiring employers to post salary ranges on their job ads. Data is based on job posts from over 700 of the top tech companies and startups, accounting for more than 53,000 active listings. As of this week, Comprehensive.io says 39% of tech companies are complying with California's new salary range law. In New York City, which rolled out its legislation on Nov. 1, 63% of tech companies are complying.

☆ A columnist easily tricked Elon Musk's new Twitter verification system by posing as a US senator
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Posing as US Senator Ed Markey, he paid $8 for a Twitter Blue account. Instead, he wanted users to be able to pay for verification through Twitter Blue. At that time, Fowler created his first fake verified Markey account, saying it took mere "minutes." In November, Twitter put Twitter Blue on hold, with Musk saying the platform needed more time to safeguard against impersonation with "high confidence." To help ensure the credibility of paid users, Twitter now asks them to connect a phone number to their accounts, among other requirements.

A worker on the ground at Alabama's Montgomery Regional Airport was killed in an industrial accident Saturday, leading to flights being temporarily stopped, officials said. The incident happened about 2:20 p.m. on an airport ramp near an American Airlines Embraer E175, which was was parked, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement. The worker was employed by Piedmont Airlines, an American Airlines regional carrier, the parent company said in a statement. "We are focused on ensuring that all involved have the support they need during this difficult time," American said. Air traffic was halted after the accident and the local ground stop lasted until 8:30 p.m., the airport said in a statement.

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