#MeToo whistleblowing is upending century-old legal precedent demanding loyalty to the boss
When was the last time you agreed to keep a secret?
Social Sciences
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AI, robotics, automation: The fourth industrial revolution is here
For Chinese guests at Marriott International hotels, the check-in process will soon get easier. The hotel giant announced last summer that it's developing facial recognition systems that will allow guests to check in at a ...
Robotics
Dec 28, 2018
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Dutch lawmakers pass ambitious law to reduce emissions
Dutch lawmakers overwhelmingly approved ambitious new climate legislation Thursday that aims to drastically drive down emissions of greenhouse gases.
Environment
Dec 20, 2018
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Study: Climate change could force outdoor workers to wake up far earlier
A new study published in Earth's Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, indicates that if society tries to avoid the economic impacts of climate change on outdoor labor by shifting working hours, outdoor workers ...
Environment
Nov 22, 2018
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How temp workers became the norm in America
Bought a vehicle lately? Ever wonder who assembled it? It turns out that on factory lines across the country, temporary workers are welding, testing and operating machines alongside permanent auto workers—and in many cases ...
Economics & Business
Nov 19, 2018
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The role of resource misallocation in productivity decreases since the 2007 financial crisis
Since the financial crisis of 2007, productivity growth has been slowing in all the major economies for unknown reasons, and in 2016, labor productivity in the U.S. recorded negative growth for the first time in 30 years. ...
Economics & Business
Nov 12, 2018
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Alt-labor filling in where unions can't
Alt-labor describes the informal coalition of organizations that is pushing to advance workers' rights in the wake of decreased union membership.
Economics & Business
Oct 29, 2018
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Women most likely to leave labor force after first child, not later births
While conventional wisdom suggests women reach a "tipping point" and are more likely to leave the workforce after having a second child, new findings by a Princeton University researcher show that, in fact, they are more ...
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2018
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Overfishing and modern-day slavery
You're about to make a sandwich with canned albacore tuna today, and thinking that it's all a good thing—nutritionists talk about the health benefits of eating more seafood, after all. One thing you probably didn't think ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2018
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Labor unions help employees take more paid maternity leave
Union-represented working mothers are at least 17 percent more likely to use paid maternity leave than comparable nonunion working mothers.
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