Ex-employees at Taser-making company felt pressured to get tattooed or shocked in front of crowds, report says

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The barbed wires of Taser.
The company Axon is known for its Tasers, a weapon designed to cause temporary paralysis.

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US postal workers say agency's productivity tracking and inconsistent training is life-threatening amid extreme heat

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Earlier this year, Texas letter carrier Eugene Gates Jr. died on the job while the heat index was at 110 degrees.

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Workers at San Francisco's Anchor Brewing are trying to buy the brewery as it faces liquidation under Sapporo ownership

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A pack of Anchor Brewing's Mexican-style lager in special packaging commemorating San Francisco's Mission District sits on a picnic table with a view of the San Francisco skyline in the distance.
Anchor Brewing's employees are trying to buy the brewery and run it themselves after executives this month said it would liquidate the brand.

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Should you quit your job because you're paid too much? One worker wrote to an advice columnist to ask.

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Should you quit your job if you make too much — and it's just too darned easy? That's what a nonprofit worker wrote to ask a New York Times columnist recently.

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Dollar General has paid a fraction of the $21 million it owes in fines for hazardous working conditions

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Dollar General has paid less than one-fifth of the fines that the federal government says it owes as a result of safety violations at its stores.

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Staffing firm CEO says more US companies are 'nearshoring' less-expensive workers from Latin America

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Alex Bouaziz, CEO of Deel, said being able to hire workers in Latin America for less money is "definitely something to think about" for US companies.

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America is refusing to do the one simple thing that would solve the Great People Shortage

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The US needs more workers or it will face serious economic chaos. There's a clear fix: more immigration.

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Two simple words: more immigrants

America needs more workers. 

High-skilled customer service workers given an AI assistant saw 'close to 0' boost in their productivity

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A recent study found that highly skilled customer service workers didn't see palpable productivity gains from having an AI-assistant at work.

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The gig economy boom is over as workers go back to traditional jobs, Bank of America says

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A delivery person for DoorDash rides his bike in the rain during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, on November 13, 2020.

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12% of managers say they've fired a Gen Z employee in their first week of work — and being too easily offended is often to blame, new survey finds

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Gen Z is making its mark on the workplace.

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