A new lawsuit filed in California claims that a former Chipotle worker was fired after she complained to her bosses that her coworkers were receiving preferential treatment, giving them coveted daytime shifts while she was stuck working at nighttime. [More]
Workplace issues
Lawsuit: Chipotle Worker Fired After Complaining That Coworkers Got Preferential Treatment
By 9.14.16
Amazon Testing A 30-Hour Work Week For Some Employees
By 8.30.16
The dream of the four-day workweek is alive at Amazon, where the company is testing out a plan that has certain teams of workers on a part-time schedule. [More]
Lawsuit Claims Meijer Failed To Provide Worker A Safe Place To Pump Breast Milk
By 7.11.16
For a nursing mother, it can be quite a challenge to find somewhere private to pump breast milk when you aren’t actively feeding your baby. But although a federal law requires employers to provide such a safe spot for workers, one former employee of grocery chain Meijer claims in a lawsuit that there was no such place for her to express breast milk while she was at work, which she says ultimately led to her losing her job. [More]
Microsoft Apologizes For Trying To Be Cool With Email Inviting “Bae” Interns For “Dranks”
By 7.7.16
There is perhaps nothing so cringeworthy as someone who is most definitely *not* cool trying to talk to the younger crowd in their own language. Microsoft is apologizing for such an effort after hitting a spectacularly uncool note this week in an email to its interns, calling them “bae” and inviting them to have a “lots of dranks” on a Monday night at a company event. [More]
T-Mobile Illegally Restricted Employees’ Right To Discuss Workplace Issues, Join Unions
By 3.19.15
A long-standing dispute between T-Mobile and an communication workers union came to an end Wednesday, with the wireless company on the losing side. [More]
