Category: work

California governor signs labor law meant to fix the gig economy

Post author By Randall
Post date September 18, 2019
Categories In ab-5, ab5, california, contractors, doordash, gear, gig economy, Internet, labor, labor laws, law, legislation, Lyft, Politics, ridesharing, services, Tech, Uber, work, workers

[ad_1] The law will take effect January 1st, 2020. As with many forms of legislation, the reality is more complicated. Numerous companies have pushed for exemptions to AB 5, and there are concerns this may hurt flexibility for some workers. They may have to work a minimum number of hours at regular times instead of […]

Amazon-owned Whole Foods cuts medical benefits for part-time workers

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2019
Categories In Amazon, benefits, business, employment, Food, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, groceries, shopping, Tech, whole foods, work

[ad_1] When asked for comment, Whole Foods didn’t address a question as to whether or not Amazon played a role in the decision. While Amazon owns Whole Foods and has made a point of integrating the two, it’s not necessarily involved in the cuts. Whatever the involvement, the benefits reduction isn’t a great look for […]

Facebook’s Workplace redesign looks nothing like Slack

Post author By Randall
Post date August 7, 2019
Categories In business, enterprise, enterprise chat, Facebook, slack, Tech, tomorrow, work, work chat, workplace

[ad_1] Workplace groups offer real-time chat and posts with threaded comments. That’s why, perhaps, the rest of Workplace is largely unchanged. The site still has a newsfeed, for instance, steered by the Facebook algorithm. According to McGinn, it gives employees a bird’s-eye view of their company and surfaces content they might not have found on […]