Articles associated with topic: workplace rights
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8 Employment Law Changes You Should Note in 2022
COVID-19 and the rise of remote work forced companies everywhere to take a hard look at many corporate policies and bylaws, including aspects of employment contracts and severance agreements. These changes coul… -
Riot Games to Pay $100 Million to Settle Gender-Discrimination Suit
Riot Games will pay $100 million to settle a gender-based discrimination class-action suit. Some $80 million of that will go to members of the class-action suit, and the rest to plaintiffs’ legal fees. “This is… -
Google Salary, Hiring Discrimination Fines Top $3.8 Million
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has hit Google with a multi-million-dollar fine over allegations that the search-engine giant discriminated against Asian and women software engineers. In the settlement (PDF)… -
Technologists Starting to Unionize (Sort of)
Late last year, we asked you if technologists should unionize. Your ‘yes’ vote was clear, and now it’s starting to happen. Well, kinda. In Pittsburgh, employees of IT firm HCL Technologies have chosen to unioni… -
SponsoredChanging The Way The World Moves
How Ford’s Technical Specialists Manage a Globalized Workforce The automotive industry is in a state of rapid change. In addition to the expedient move to electrification, auto manufacturers around the world ar… -
Developers Split on Tech Unionization Question
Should developers unionize? We put that question to you last month. The results… were decidedly mixed. Some 52 percent of respondents thought that tech unionization was a good idea, while 48 percent said “no.”… -
Ageism in Effect: The Earnings Ceiling for Tech Professionals Over 40
New data shows that, as tech pros age, they earn more... but ageism starts to kick in when they're around 40 years old, and there’s a distinct ceiling for earnings. Calling ageism “a less talked about form of b… -
Tips for Fighting Back Against Gender Discrimination in Tech
Tina Huang had finally decided that enough was enough. After being passed over repeatedly for promotion, the former software engineer sued Twitter for allegedly having a promotion process that favors men. Her f… -
Should Tech’s Developers Unionize?
If you’ve spent any time at all on tech-centric forums and subreddits, you’ve no doubt read more than a few calls to unionize developers. Advocates of unionization argue that collective bargaining will allow de… -
5 Signs You’re Being Pushed From Your Job (and What to Do About It)
It’s an unfortunate fact of professional life: Sometimes, your company makes it clear that they want you pushed out the door. Oftentimes, their desire to boot you out has nothing to do with your performance; it… -
Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees and (Direct) Contractors
Near the end of 2018, a small group of Google employees asked their company to end forced arbitration for good. That demand came on the heels of a massive employee walkout to protest corporate inequality and se… -
SponsoredWhy Finding Your 'Work-Life Integration' is Better Than 'Work-Life Balance'
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…