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6 state attorneys general threaten NFL with probe over treatment of female employees

Six state attorneys general issued a threat to the National Football League on Wednesday: protect female employees or face a potential investigation."Our offices will u

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Biden to signal new phase in pandemic as learning to live safely with COVID

President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address will be a remarkable scene: A maskless president speaking to more than 500 invited lawmakers packed cheek-to-jowl

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S. Korea sets high of 8,000 new virus cases ahead of holiday

South Korea recorded more than 8,000 new coronavirus infections for the first time Tuesday as health authorities reshape the country's pandemic response to address a su

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Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments

One day after the Canadian province of Quebec announced it would financially penalize residents who are unvaccinated, the province's health minister said Wednesday firs

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U.S. daily COVID-19 cases surpass record 1m amid Omicron surge

The East Front Plaza during a snow storm on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. /Reuters The United States shattered a single-day record with over 1 million COVID-19 cases on Mo

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Pandemic prevention official explains 'closed-loop management'

04:45 Thirty days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the organizing committee has announced updated pandemic prevention guidelines. CGTN's Dong Xue sat down with Huang Chu

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Britain makes omicron contingency plans for hospitals, schools

The British government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other workplaces are hit by major staff shortages amid the country's record-brea

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Britain makes omicron contingency plans for hospitals, schools

Photo shows Hampden Park vaccination center in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021. /AP The British government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other wor

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Can he recover? Joe Biden faces new perils over Joe Manchin and rise of COVID-19

Forget those lofty, early comparisons of Joe Biden to FDR. While COVID-19 is on the rise and the heart of his domestic agenda is in new peril, Biden risks the apt compa

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Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19 inspections: audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Canadian government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack

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Taliban bans barbers from shaving beards and playing music in in Helmand Province

Barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men's beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province

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3 ways to become a better manager in the work-from-home era

The average employee will prefer to work from home nearly half the time after the pandemic is over. Employees are also demanding flexible schedules and remote work, and as a result, executives are pla

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Gapsquare, a pioneer of machine learning into gender pay disparity, is acquired by XpertHR

Inequalities between women and men in the workplace have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and are likely to persist in the near future, according to the International Labour Organization

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Are gender-neutral greetings a step toward gender equality?

From now on, when you board a Lufthansa flight, you will no longer hear greetings starting with "ladies and gentlemen." Instead, the German carrier is using gender-neutral alternatives like "dear

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Moving fast and breaking things cost us our privacy and security

Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the future of technology.In my role at Y Combinator as director of admissions, I saw hundreds of startup pitches. Many shared a particular attribute: They

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This startup just created a fast, accurate COVID test that only needs saliva and links to an app

We’re entering a phase in the COVID-19 pandemic where transmission is going to go through the roof because of the Delta variant. But as vaccinations ramp up around the world, the main cost to so

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eqtble, a platform that uses data analytics to create healthier workplaces, raises $2.7M seed

The eqtble founders (from l to r): Ethan Veres, Gabe Horwitz and Joseph Ifiegbu. (Image: eqtble)“People are the backbone of any organization. People are more important than the product. Without people