Policymakers should use this opportunity to broaden, not trim, health benefits

The less well-off will be the most exposed to Covid-19 infection

Debate: One says youthful staff want to remain in the EU, the other fears apathy

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Replacing migrant fruit and vegetable pickers is harder than expected

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A lot of startups have answered the call for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials to support healthcare workers in their efforts to curb the spread and impact of COVID-19. One of those is direct-to-consumer 3D-printed eyewear brand Fitz, which is employing its custom-fit glasses technology to build protective, prescription specs for front-line […]

A lot of startups have answered the call for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials to support healthcare workers in their efforts to curb the spread and impact of COVID-19. One of those is direct-to-consumer 3D-printed eyewear brand Fitz, which is employing its custom-fit glasses technology to build protective, prescription specs for front-line […]

Amazon workers across the world are formalizing their activism with the creation of the Amazon Workers International. Its first action is a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon Director of UK Customer Fulfillment Stefano Perego in which the group demands the company makes permanent certain steps Amazon has implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

As many Amazon workers called out sick for a May Day Strike, Tim Bray was spending his final day at the company. The VP and distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services announced today that May 1 was his final day with the retail giant, citing Amazon’s firings of vocally critical employees. Likely most notable for […]

Earlier this week, Amazon informed staff members at its Staten Island fulfillment center that a worker had died from COVID-19. The news was first noted by The Verge. The employee began to exhibit symptoms in early April, before being placed on quarantine April 11. He never returned to the site. “We are deeply saddened by […]

A group of nine Senators led by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week, seeking more information about recent employee firings. The statement cites the terminations of four employees who were vocally critical of the company’s policies pertaining to both COVID-19 and climate change. Cosigned by Bernie […]

Honor, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company focused on caring for seniors as Baby Boomers tip over into retirement, is making its contractor workforce into a full-time one. The care workers, called CarePros within the company, will have the potential for stock options. “I really don’t want two classes of people in our company. Everyone is in it […]

Manufacturers say they will struggle to provide equipment sought by business

Heavy toll on jobs through lay-offs and cuts in pay and hours as one of region’s key industries comes to ‘abrupt halt’

Tesla is aiming to ramp up “limited operations” at its factory in Fremont, Calif., a decision that puts the company and its CEO Elon Musk in direct conflict with a stay-at-home order in Alameda County. Update: On Friday, Alameda County health officials said the automaker was told not to reopen. Employees received two emails — […]

Airbnb says it will subsidize housing for 100,000 workers at the front lines of COVID-19 care, Groupon gets a new CEO and Stripe invests in a universal checkout startup. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 26, 2020. 1. Airbnb to provide free or subsidized housing for 100,000 COVID-19 healthcare workers Airbnb’s effort will work by […]

Australia jumped five places to 15th in OECD rankings for employment of mature age workers.

Australia has slipped four places to 17th in OECD rankings for employment of under 25-year-olds with a focus on STEM skills.

While plenty of celebrities are holed up in their Hollywood mansions amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson are proudly giving back to the community.

Kanye West announced plans in November that he was setting up a new Adidas Yeezys HQ in Cody, Wyoming, vowing to bring jobs back to the United States.

Sources say the chart-topper singer, worth close to £200m, has told his employees at Notting Hill restaurant Bertie Blossoms, that he will pay their wages in full.

Whitehall officials are modelling the plans on rules that already allow new parents to request flexible working. It will make it easier for those who do go in to the office to socially distance.

The petition Blanke Bedenken aims to tell Germany's health ministers that their calls over several months for more protective gear weren't heard.

With medical supplies in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic, Australian fashion designers are now creating purposeful medical clothing for practitioners and hospitals.

IAN LADYMAN: Barely a month into football's current state of inertia and the head of FIFA has arrived with a basketful of meaningless platitudes to make us all feel better. 'Health must come better.'

Video footage shows the moment a San Francisco 49ers fan attacked taco restaurant employees with a burrito, phone and napkin dispenser on Super Bowl Sunday..

A young woman has slammed Vietnamese workers at a nail salon for making 'derogatory' remarks about her when she was getting a manicure.

Anthony Garcia admitted adding a sample of the bodily fluid to a sample of yoghurt while working at a grocery story in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Salmond faces 14 charges of alleged offences against 10 women, all of which he denies.

A family holidaying in Melbourne were shocked to return to their van to find it being towed away after the 'no parking' sign was covered up.

The Prince of Wales also sent a message of support to the British Muslim community as part of a virtual Iftar to mark the start of Ramadan.

Laurie Yeeda, 52, will go to jail for nine and a half years after pleading guilty to raping and abusing four children in West Australia's East Kimberley region between 1994 and 2017.

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.

The medic treated a 'small number' of patients at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex (pictured) on February 4 and 5 before they became unwell and 'self-isolated'.

The 60-year-old elephant, Boon Peng, was suffering abdominal pains and struggling to walk at his enclosure in Chiang Mai.

Pizza Hut has offered 350,000 of the meals while Itsu and Lewis Hamilton's Neat Burger have both offered a sizeable number, Deliveries will begin from next week. Matt Hancock has thanked delivery giant.

Destin Garcia, 18, faces charges of aggravated assault and battery after allegedly drove to his co-worker's house in a rage and fired shots at her mom.

Walmart announced Tuesday it will check the temperatures of its store workers and provide them protective gloves and masks when they come to work.

Hundreds of thousands of employees will be tested each day for fevers. Amazon has reported virus cases among warehouse staff and faced protests.

The Walmart Supercenter, located in the city of Worcester, was issued a cease and desist order by the city after suffering a 'cluster' of COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks.

Hundreds of essential workers at some of America's biggest companies have called out sick or are planning to walk off the job Friday afternoon.

A tube worker accused of 'celebrating colonialism' by singer Lily Allen after a controversial notice board post defended his actions, describing the Rourke's Drift as 'an important day in military history'.

Caroline Murphy, 40, drank a 'bottle or two of wine' after attending a TfL buffet and made her way to Westminster underground station in October 2016 when she was told she was too drunk to travel.

Patrick Ofori-Sampong, 50, said he was gay to take over his alleged partner's property in London then tried to take possession of a man's home while claiming to be his adopted son.

Incredible thermal images captured today show the tropical heat commuters are braving on the London underground. London Underground staff said temperatures could soar past 104F.

Damian Fichardo, 42, of Bexley, south east London, followed the victim into a women's toilet, pinned her against the washbasins and told her he wanted to ‘lick her’ intimately, a court heard.

British Transport Police have released shocking CCTV footage of an attack that took place on a member of TFL in Bounds Green station after he challenged a man dodging the fare..

The ride-hailing firm was stripped of its licence to operate in London yesterday after Transport for London found 14,000 rides had been provided by drivers using bogus identification.