Facebook Inc takes EU to court for invading employees’ privacy

Facebook takes the EU to court – for invasion of privacy! Regulator ‘overstepped the scope when quizzing employees as part of anti-trust probe’ Facebook is suing the European Union for ‘invading the privacy of employees’  The social media giant alleges EU regulators asked broad questions, beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust investigations   Facebook lawyer … Read more

Google will keep its 200,000 employees working from home until at least July NEXT YEAR

Google will keep its 200,000 employees working from home until at least July NEXT YEAR amid coronavirus pandemic By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com and Reuters Published: 14:15 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 15:29 BST, 27 July 2020 Alphabet Inc’s Google will keep its employees home until at least next July due to the ongoing … Read more

Michaela Wain insists employees need ‘take care of appearance’ on home video calls 

Should businesses enforce a working from home dress code? Apprentice star Michaela Wain insists employees should wear the same clothes they would to the office – but GMB viewers argue productivity is more important  Michaela Wain, from Bolton and Anju Solanki, from Chigwell appeared on GMB  Discussed whether employees should stick to dress code for home … Read more

Twitter says hackers ‘manipulated’ employees to access accounts

Twitter says hackers ‘manipulated’ employees to access 130 accounts – and downloaded data from eight non-verified accounts Hackers carried out a massive security breach at Twitter on Wednesday  More than 130 accounts, many of them high-profile, were infiltrated The world’s most famous including Barack Obama and Elon Musk were targeted  Hackers posted messages from the … Read more

Private sector pay slump while public sector employees see incomes surge  

The stark divide between the fortunes of the public and private sectors during coronavirus was underlined by new figures today. Public sector pay is surging during the crisis while private workers see their incomes plunge – and the gap is getting wider. The gulf reflects the fact that state employees have escaped the wave of … Read more

Customer service employees reveal the rudest things they’ve experienced in their jobs

The customer isn’t always right! Service industry workers reveal their WORST experiences – including one who was SAT on by a tired shopper and another who had champagne poured on their feet at a charity event Twitter users from around the world have shared examples of rude customers  Started by Kirsten, from the US, thread … Read more

Half of all active employees worked from home during lockdown

Half of all active employees worked from home during first month of the lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 Nearly half of people in employment worked at home at some point in the first month of the lockdown, figures show. … Read more

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees by October 1 once its $5 billion COVID-19 aid ends

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees, or roughly 45 per cent of its workforce, by October 1 amid a drop in air travel resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.   The fall deadline marks when a restriction against enacting furloughs and layoffs in a $5 billion payroll bailout of the airline expires. Officials at United made the … Read more

Funding Circle vows not to take taxpayer cash for furloughed employees

No furlough at Funding Circle: Online lender vows not to take taxpayer cash to cover wages By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 Furlough pledge: Funding Circle has vowed not to take any taxpayer cash to cover the wages of its employees Online lender … Read more

Ariana Grande unfollows Starbucks for their policy banning employees from wearing BLM clothing

Ariana Grande unfollows Starbucks on Instagram and promotes two local coffee shops after the chain banned employees from wearing BLM clothing By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 19:26 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 19:27 BST, 16 June 2020 Ariana Grande took a stand against Starbucks this week after it banned its employees from wearing Black Lives … Read more