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Google and a Google contractor broke federal law by forbidding workers from discussing their wages with each other, a newly formed union claimed in its first complaint to the National Labor Relations Board. Adecco Group, the contractor, also suspended a worker for complaining about the claimed prohibition, the complaint filed Thursday alleged. The National Labor Relations Act protects the right of workers to discuss pay. Google and Adecco did not immediately answer questions about the… Source link

TipRanks 2 Stocks Flashing Signs of Strong Insider Buying Tracking insiders’ stock purchases can make a viable investment strategy. Corporate insiders – the company officers and board members – are naturally positioned to be in the know, to know how company policies and performance will impact stock prices. They can use that knowledge to inform their own stock purchases – but not unfairly. By law, they must disclose publicly their own stock holdings, and the general public can learn… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 1.84% Google LLC agreed to pay more than $3.8 million to resolve a case of hiring and pay discrimination at several locations in California and Washington state, the Labor Department said. Under the terms of the agreement, Google agreed to pay nearly $1.4 million in back pay and interest to 2,565 female employees in engineering positions and about $1.2 million in back pay and… Source link

New weekly unemployment claims retreated only slightly from last week’s elevated level as the coronavirus pandemic continued to grip the U.S. economy. The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 16: 900,000 vs. 935,000 expected and a revised 926,000 during the prior week Continuing claims, week… Source link

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that several retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), told him they were dropping his products because of his ties to President Donald Trump. But Bed Bath & Beyond says it has a non-political reason for ditching MyPillow products — they just aren’t selling enough. “As previously announced, we have been rationalizing our assortment to discontinue a number of underperforming items and brands. This includes the MyPillow product… Source link

New weekly unemployment claims spiked far more than expected last week to reach a five-month high, as the coronavirus pandemic and stay-in-place orders weighed heavily on the labor market. The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results in the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 9: 965,000 vs. 789,000 expected and a revised 784,000 during… Source link

NOTE: Google, eight hours after Rudy Giuliani made false claims of election fraud in a live-stream on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” YouTube channel, took down the video and permanently banned the channel and another Bannon channel.  Two days after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol driven by false claims the presidential election was rigged, Google’s video-streaming platform YouTube hosted a video in which President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani alleged the election was… Source link

NOTE: Google, eight hours after Rudy Giuliani made false claims of election fraud in a live-stream on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” YouTube channel, took down the video and permanently banned the channel and another Bannon channel.  Two days after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol driven by false claims the presidential election was rigged, Google’s video-streaming platform YouTube hosted a video in which President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani alleged the election was… Source link

DALTON, Ga. — On Monday, President Trump traveled to rural Georgia to campaign for the state’s two incumbent Republican senators, where, a day before two runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, he continued to spread baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. “Since the election, we have put forth indisputable evidence documenting the rampant fraud, which will be announced on Wednesday, as you know,” Trump said at Monday night’s rally in this city, known as the… Source link