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Walmart settles a lawsuit that claims it passed a female worker for promotion because she had young children at home

Wed, 01/17/2024 - 07:18

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The exterior of a Walmart store in Jesup, Georgia, in June 2023, with cars parked outside — Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Retail, walmart, Retail, Employees, Jobs, Work, Discrimination

A 90-year-old McDonald's employee who works 5 days a week says it keeps her feeling young

Wed, 01/17/2024 - 06:01

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A McDonald's store is seen on October 30, 2023 in Austin, Texas — Maxine Anderson has been working at a McDonald's restaurant since 1989.
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Retail, Retail, McDonalds, trending-uk, restaurant, hospitality-workers, Employment

Here's why women's sweaters are more expensive than men's sweaters

Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:19

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a sweater hangs on a rack in a store — Women's sweaters can often be more expensive than men's sweaters.
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Retail, Shopping, sweaters, Tariffs, Retail, Apparel, Fashion

A 16-year-old employee at a poultry processor was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine. The proposed fine for the Mississippi plant: $212,000

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 22:15

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Chicken in a processing line — A photo of a chicken processing line. A Mississippi poultry processor is facing more than $200,000 in fines after two employees were killed at the facility in a little more than two years.
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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 15:53

Gizmodo

Don’t ring the funeral bells just yet, but the self-checkout kiosk horror show could be nearing its end. So far, the grand experiment in robot cashiers is an abject failure. Stores across the country are reversing course on the machines, and consensus is growing among analysts and insiders that self-checkout has been…