Three doctors in Russia have fallen out of hospital windows during the coronavirus pandemic. Two of them died, and the third one is in serious condition.

Chris Labelle has a hard time getting through his latest song, Frontliners, without becoming emotional.  The Ottawa country singer wrote the tune — an unabashedly sentimental anthem of gratitude for front-line workers — during one of the sleepless nights leading up to the birth of his first child with wife Julie. Their baby boy, Grayson, […]

Protective gear from The Crown, The Young Pope and Vikings have also been sent to key workers

As the US deals with a Covid-19 catastrophe in its meatworks, the Melbourne factory points to the potential for outbreaks in Australia

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Working in an abattoir at the best of times is tough. The hours are long, the labour is intensive and, for rank and file labourers, the pay is low.

Now, in the Covid-19 crisis, workers have one more thing to worry about – around the world their factories have proved to be a hotbed of infection. As Australia moves to ease lockdown laws, meat workers may still be at the frontline of exposure and infection.

Beyoncé was a surprise addition to the TV fundraiser for America's coronavirus relief effort

James McAvoy has praised the NHS for saving his life when he suffered a botched surgery.

The message will feature in this evening's Big Night In on BBC One

Stuck With U will be released later this month

The snap sees the star pose in a black minidress and heels

Glossier's helping hands

Forty of onefinesytay's London homeowners are offering stays in their homes to key workers for free

A little slice of couture for those who deserve it most

Manchester United paid tribute to NHS workers battling the coronavirus pandemic at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

Manchester United paid tribute to NHS workers battling the coronavirus pandemic at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

Former England captain David Beckham was joined by some of the greatest players of all-time, including Pele and Diego Maradona, in a Fifa campaign to show appreciation for key workers leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Crystal Palace are helping to feed frontline NHS workers and the most vulnerable in south London from the kitchens at Selhurst Park.

Paris Saint-Germain have dedicated their Ligue 1 title win to healthcare staff and key workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

The framed picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy

Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.

Protests within Google over how the company handles employee activism continue to grow.

Google terminated four employees for what the tech firm said were "repeated violations of our data security policies." At least one of them, Rebecca Rivers, had spoken out publicly against company initiatives including Google's past work with government agencies.

One of the country's largest unions is targeting video game and tech companies — and hired a Southern California organizer to spearhead the project

Bernie Sanders, who has criticized Amazon's treatment of its blue-collar workforce, led the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls in donations from Amazon employees, with support from both warehouse workers and software engineers.

A group of Apple workers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were required to submit to searches before leaving the stores but were not compensated for the time those searches required.

California employers may dislike the new law on independent contractors, but they're devising a host of strategies to comply.

Coronavirus relief efforts are leaving some delivery workers unprotected, they say.

Workers at Amazon's massive Riverside County fulfillment center in Eastvale, where there have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19, filed complaints with Cal/OSHA and the Riverside Department of Public Health on Wednesday

Demand for Instacart's grocery deliveries has put new strains on the company's shoppers, who say they have little to show for risking their health.

A North East based care provider, Wellburn Care Homes, has launched their own We Care badge aiming to show support for care workers.

For a seventh week in a row, millions of people across the United Kingdom have shown their appreciation for NHS and key workers.

The report stated that the groups identified are not an exhaustive list of essential employees.

Citizens Advice claims cancer patients are among those having to go to work despite being eligible for the job retention scheme.

Sixteen migrant workers were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad in Western India.

With the shutdown of an estimated 100 film and TV shoots, many of the sector's 30,000 workers lost their entire income overnight and say they can't access the Government's job assistance schemes.

Workers say the supermarket giant is not providing them with the best possible protection against coronavirus after their complaints were dismissed by the head office.

Today is the deadline for employers to pay superannuation they owe workers for the first quarter, but many may struggle to do so amid the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

The Transport Workers' Union urges the Federal Court of Australia to find that Qantas is still responsible for paying sick leave to 25,000 workers who have been stood down during the global coronavirus pandemic.

With nearly 730,000 businesses and 4.7 million employees signed up, JobKeeper looks like riding to the rescue of many livelihoods. But, as a key deadline looms, many look set to be locked out.

The retail giant Cotton On reverses its decision to exclude 200 staff from the JobKeeper program as it faces uproar from casual workers who say they are being unfairly denied the wage subsidy.

Dubai UAE (AFP) Apr 24, 2020
The body of the Indian migrant who died from coronavirus far from home was kept inside the ambulance in front of the crematorium in case a friend came by for a last goodbye. But nearly an hour later no one had appeared, and the workers in protective suits had to carry out their grim task. In silence, the four men carefully moved the body, wrapped in a white plastic bag, to a furnace