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Following unionization, Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement

In another key moment for the growing tech labor movement, Glitch employees today announced that they have signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company. The move comes a year after the si

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Hear from Uber, Facebook and Netflix about diversity, equity and inclusion tomorrow at TC Sessions: Justice

Tech companies are no stranger to controversy and workplace issues. Over the years, it’s become clear that no company is immune from diversity issues. But it’s the job of those in the dive

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Beijingers optimistic amid no new COVID-19 cases

02:59 It's been over a week since China reported any domestically-transmitted coronavirus infections – a fact attributed to the swift action taken against clusters of o

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After 80% ARR growth in 2020, Saltmine snags $20M to help employees return to a ‘new normal’ office

What is working in the office going to look like in a post-COVID-19 world?That’s something one startup hopes to help companies figure out.Saltmine, which has developed a web-based workplace design pla

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Human Capital: Doing away with the NDA

You’ve landed on Human Capital, a weekly newsletter detailing the latest in diversity, equity, inclusion and labor. Sign up here to receive the newsletter every Friday at 1 p.m. PT.There’s

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Intenseye raises $4M to boost workplace safety through computer vision

Workplace injuries and illnesses cost the U.S. upwards of $250 billion each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. ERA-backed startup Intenseye, a machine learning platform, has raised a $4

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Vaccination is not enough

Editor's note: Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and co-chair of the COVID-19 Policy Alliance. Anette (

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Hear leading voices discuss workplace organizing in tech at TC Sessions: Justice on March 3

In a year defined by economic and civil unrest, it should come as little surprise that workplace organizing has been on the upswing. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular (coupled with the ever-present

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We’ll discuss the future of the gig economy and contract works at TC Sessions: Justice on March 3

Like so many other subjects, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought concerns about the gig economy and contract workers into sharp focus over the past year which is why we’ll be diving into t

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: World prepared to overcome the pandemic

02:46 The overall global coronavirus caseload has topped 93 million, while the deaths have approached two million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.Worst moment of pande

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Trump helps hand Senate to Biden in symbolic end of racist era

Editor's Note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a journalist who has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban

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Germany's lockdown measures beefed up to tackle virus resurgence

02:20 Germany's COVID-19 restrictions have again been extended. The decision follows a meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's 16 state premiers.The current measures

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2020 will change the way we look at robotics

Earlier this month, Hyundai acquired a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics that valued the company at $1.1 billion. What’s most interesting about the news isn’t the acquisition itself (it does, after

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UK team unveils COVID swab test 'that returns result in 15 minutes'

The lateral flow test developed by British start-up Vatic "works in a completely different way" to other antigen tests, it says.

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Mental wellness platform Lyra Health is raising up to $175M at a $2.25B valuation

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored, and often exacerbated, the mental health crisis that exists across the world. Even the spread of remote work is part of the problem: As everyone stays at home

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OpenSensors secures $4M for air-monitoring platform which allows offices to be more Covid-safe

Today, the acute asthma attack of primary school-aged girl in February 2013 was ruled by a UK court to be due to air pollution. It is thought to be the first ruling of its kind in the world. Only a ye