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Sandberg Stepping Down as Meta COO After 14 Years

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Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down after 14 years of steering the ship at Zuck’s side. Sandberg will stay on the Board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Javier Olivan will take over...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.6.2021 | Top Story: Peloton Recalls All Treadmills Over Child-Safety Concerns

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Peloton has recalled all of its treadmill models—the Tread+ and Tread—“less than a month after it fought the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as it warned that dozens of injuries and one death of a child had been...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.19.2021 | Top Story: UK High Court Deems Uber Drivers “Employees”

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Britain’s Supreme Court dealt Uber a blow this morning when it ruled that “drivers must be classified as workers entitled to a minimum wage and vacation time.” The decision—a disaster for Uber in a dispute that reaches back...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.23.2020 | Top Story: CA Appeals Court Tells Uber and Lyft to Treat Drivers as Employees

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A California appeals court has affirmed a lower court decision requiring Uber and Lyft to “treat their California drivers as employees, providing them with the benefits and wages they are entitled to under state labor law.”...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.7.2020 | Top Story: Markets Prepping for Brutal April Jobs Report

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Tomorrow’s jobs report is going to be a doozy. Here’s what you need to know in advance of the “terrible” expected figures....more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.4.2019 | Top Story: Markets Watching US Jobs Report for Clues on More Fed Rate Action

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Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.10.2019 | Top Story: Activist Investor Singer Discloses Stake in AT&T and Pushes for Change

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Paul Singer’s Elliott Management hedge fund revealed a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and, along with it, a healthy-skepticism of the company’s 2018 purchase of Time Warner and general calls to divest as part of a 24-page letter...more

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Littler Global Guide - Italy - Q2 2018

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Dignity Decree Sets Standards for Fixed-Term Agreements - New Order or Decree - On July 3, 2018, Italy approved the “Dignity Decree,” which, among other things, permits fixed-term employment agreements to be made,...more

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April 2017: The 13 Biggest Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. April 2017 was another month...more

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