Employee ownership, particularly in the form of worker cooperatives, offers a solution for business transitions. Shifting to employee ownership can keep business doors open, save jobs and maintain the business as a valued part of the community — a triple-win solution for the owner, the employees and the community. Surprisingly, relatively few companies take advantage of this option. It’s estimated there are fewer than 7,500 employee-owned companies in the U.S. (out of millions of employer firms). While most of these are Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), worker cooperatives are a more viable and practical option for businesses with fewer than […]
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The Spanish government has passed decrees to tackle wage inequality between genders, and warned it will impose hefty fines on companies who fail to disclose the salaries of their employees. The new regulations are “historical,” Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz said, adding that they will help to “bring to the surface labor inequalities and give workers the tools to eliminate them.” A law on gender equality in the workplace was approved earlier this year, and Socialist and far-left ministers in the coalition government on Tuesday passed two decrees detailing the legislation. Companies will now have to disclose the system they use to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080718832_0:140:3391:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_27af31f4de1fd733e9a4cf385c0d7ddc.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202010091080716159-indias-anti-terror-squad-arrests-aerospace-firm-employee-for-passing-secret-info-to-pakistan/ India’s defence and anti-terrorist services have been devising strategies and passing out instructions to make personnel of all ranks aware about the nuances of Pakistan’s espionage network. In the past, the Indian authorities have uncovered several espionage cases where Pakistani agents have honey-trapped personnel on social media. An employee of India’s state-funded Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been arrested for supplying secret information to Pakistan’s spy agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Maharashtra State Police revealed on Friday. The man has been accused of supplying crucial information about fighter aircraft and their manufacturing unit to […]
UC Global Employee Thwarted Plan To Spy On Assange By Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof. October 1, 2020 UC Global Employee Thwarted Plan To Spy On Assange2020-10-012020-10-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/spyingassange-e1601579821693.jpg200px200px Above photo: Footage secretly recorded by UC Global of Julian Assange meeting with Lowell Bergman. From The Grayzone. An IT expert who worked for UC Global, the Spanish security company which engaged in an espionage operation against Julian Assange while he was in the Ecuador embassy, refused to install numerous microphones and camera systems with “streaming capabilities” because they believed it was illegal. UC Global director David Morales was told Assange would discover the cameras were […]
Yaroslav Shtadchenko, former project manager at now defunct crypto fund Bitsonar, has formally accused his former employer of fraud. As previously reported, Bitsonar is an investment firm that managed to raise up to $2.5 million dollars in crypto from investors worldwide and went bust this summer. Investors from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ukraine and other countries currently cannot access their funds after Bitsonar froze withdrawals in February and the website went offline in August. Shtadchenko quit the company and publicly accused its founder of conducting an exit scam. Now he is asking the U.S. law enforcement to take action against Alexander […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/02/1080038215_0:-1:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_0423deb8f16e2462e31320ed036123c9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009021080351459-cops-love-ice-us-employee-sacked-for-posting-blue-lives-matter-drink-on-tiktok—video/ An Indianapolis, Indiana, Target is down an employee after its corporate headquarters terminated an employee whose recent TikTok upload showed him whipping up a seemingly deadly “Blue Lives Matter” cocktail, complete with “bleach.” Though TikTok sale talks have grown quiet in the US, the Chinese video-sharing platform itself is continuing to rise in popularity and attract personalities, like one netizen who used his place of employment’s in-store coffee shop for the props and location of his controversial new video. “First, we’re going to start with bleach, all the way to the third line,” the […]
Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan has fired an employee for supporting Kyle Rittenhouse on social media. Rittenhouse, of course, if the teenager who shot rioters that were attacking him in Kenosha, where he worked as a lifeguard. On Saturday, Governor Hogan’s office announced the termination of Arthur “Mac” Love IV. Since 2015, he was the deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, which oversees the state’s ethnic and cultural commissions, community service programs and religious outreach. The Baltimore Sun reports that “Love has posted memes showing support for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with fatally […]
Democrats were here. The Black Lives Matter mob and their supporters torched, looted and destroyed businesses in Kenosha, Wisconsin this week.The mob knocked out police with bricks.And the mob attacked pedestrians in the street. At one point an elderly man and local business employee tried to stop the looters from ransacking the mattress store he worked at. The leftist mob looted the store and torched it.So the elderly man grabbed a fire extinguisher and fired it at the looters leaving his store. TRENDING: BREAKING: Violent Black Lives Matter Mob Attacks Sen. Rand Paul as He Leaves RNC in DC That’s when […]
The exchange wants $5,000 in damages from Azamat Mukhiddinov, its now-fired senior engineer. Source link
A Chicago, Illinois, Dunkin’ Donuts location recently fired an employee shortly after he was arrested and slapped with several charges for allegedly adding saliva to an Illinois State Police (ISP) District Chicago trooper’s coffee order. The ISP revealed on Saturday that Vincent Sessler, a 25-year-old former Dunkin’ employee in Chicago’s Far West, was arrested “without incident” and charged with disorderly conduct, reckless conduct and battery to a peace officer after officers conducted an investigation. According to the release, an ISP officer ordered a large, black coffee from the Dunkin’ location at approximately 10:20 p.m. local time on July 30. The officer […]
A Dunkin’ employee in Chicago has been arrested on several charges, including battery to a peace officer, after he allegedly spat into a coffee cup he then gave to an unsuspecting state trooper. The incident that cost Vincent J. Sessler, 25 his job at Dunkin’ took place on Thursday evening, when a Chickago trooper decided to treat himself to a large black cup of coffee. Also on rt.com ‘War zone’: 14 injured in crossfire as Chicago funeral attendees fire back at drive-by shooters (VIDEO) When the officer was handed out the cup, the drink was steaming hot, so he decided to […]
Twitter has provided an update on what happened the day the social media giant lost control over its platform. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105181/19/1051811966_0:163:3166:1944_1200x675_80_0_0_2557798c9703d5639448a8da9e7ae047.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007221079950414-for-your-eyes-only-gchq-uk-spy-forced-to-resign-after-flashing-woman-from-hotel—reports/ A UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) employee lost his job after flashing at a woman from his hotel room window. David McGuire was arrested after the woman, who lived opposite the hotel where the GCHQ employee was staying, took photos and called police, according to The Sun, which added that he believed he had a “willing and curious audience”. “Mr McGuire has been humiliated by his actions and has had to leave his job at GCHQ,” defence lawyer David Maunder said, as quoted by The Sun. In court, David McGuire agreed to never to commit the offence again […]
A Twitter insider “literally did all the work” for the bitcoin scammers who hijacked dozens of celebrities’ accounts, sources claiming responsibility for the hack have claimed, saying the employee was paid to enable the takeover. The massive attack on verified accounts belonging to high-profile figures was achieved using an internal Twitter tool, several sources claiming to be behind the hack told Motherboard on Wednesday. The sources supplied screenshots to back up the explosive claim that they were given access to the function by an insider. Also on rt.com Alleged screenshots of internal Twitter tools suggest platform maintains user ‘blacklists’ despite denying […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079843037_162:0:1370:680_1200x675_80_0_0_5eb54be0a8c81f9f54c5cabbed6b8358.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007101079843021-frozen-prince-charles-watches-employee-fainting-during-visit-to-distribution-centre—video/ It is still not clear what exactly happened there and why the man blacked out, but moments later he was seen safe and sound speaking again to the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles had an unusual experience outside the Asda Distribution Centre in Bristol. Footage posted online shows the Prince of Wales, 71, speaking to an employee, who looks cheerful at first, but then he starts to stagger and fall to the ground. The prince looks stunned for a few seconds but then checks to see if the employee is okay, as staff rushes […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107787/91/1077879156_0:112:1280:832_1200x675_80_0_0_531a09c622ff9c567b333723a92f7bc6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202007091079841576-employee-of-angela-merkels-press-office-suspected-of-spying-for-egypt—report/ An employee at German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s press office is suspected of spying for Egypt’s intelligence service, AFP reported Thursday, citing a police report. According to the report, police conducted “executive measures” against the male suspect in December 2019 after they uncovered that he “worked for years for an Egyptian intelligence service,” AFP reported. The report, which noted that enlisted spies purposely seek out fellow Egyptian nationals, also stated that Egyptian secret service agents in Germany collect information on groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Coptic Christian community. “There are indications that Egyptian […]
This past weekend a violent BLM mob targeted a Troy, New York Church.The BLM mob attacked Christians on the steps of the church and interrupted the sermon screaming profanities. The BLM mob was screaming “We’re not here for violence!” as they dragged parishioners from the church steps! The violent mob then went inside and screamed “Black Lives Matter!” during the sermon. “Peaceful” protestors disrupt church service with profanity and violence while pastor gives the gospel message. Troy, NY 2020. pic.twitter.com/So60dvHMCi — Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) July 4, 2020 TRENDING: “F**k You Cracker A$$!” – Peaceful Protest: BLM Thug Harasses, Threatens White […]
Why make something yourself when you can get a bot to do it? A Russian art design studio has been using an AI neural network to create logos for more than a year – all the while keeping its customers in the dark. In 2018, the Artemy Lebedev Studio unveiled a cheap service for small brands – a logo for just 100,000 rubles ($1,432). “Express Design” turned out to be a popular option for small-budget businesses and even two well-known Russian bloggers, Ruslan Usachev and Yuri Khovansky. Unknown to the clients, the “Express Design” service was actually a futuristic experiment: the […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that without aid from Albany and Washington, as well as concessions from labor groups, every department would face unprecedented job cuts (Image credit: Frank Franklin II/AP) Source link
A black man who brutally attacked a white Macy’s employee on camera in Michigan was entirely unprovoked, according to an investigation by the department store. The Gateway Pundit reported on this criminal attack on Friday. The shocking attack was filmed by the attacker’s brother, Michigan rapper “FT Quay.” The rapper had claimed that he heard the employee, who appeared to be on the phone when the attack happened, say “n-gger.” The store’s investigation found that to be a lie. TRENDING: “Some White People May Have to Die for Black Communities to Be Made Whole” – Far Left UGA Teaching Assistant on […]
The case was one of the key issues souring the already deteriorating relations between Turkey and the US, along with Washington’s reluctance to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a major Turkish opposition figure, which Ankara accuses of staging a military coup attempt. A Turkish court has sentenced US Consulate employee Metin Topuz to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of espionage and aiding a terrorist group, Anadolu News Agency reports. Topuz, who was working as a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is accused of contacting law enforcement officials linked to Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic scholar, major […]
Twitter employee Erik Froese publicly called for President Donald Trump to “die in a fire” in 2017, something that should violate Twitter’s own policy against “glorifying violence.” The tweet has resurfaced after Twitter censored a tweet from the president saying that he violated their terms of service by “glorifying violence.” I do believe this is Twitter employee Erik Froese calling for the President to suffer an agonizing death. pic.twitter.com/1ndgbcKpAS — Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) May 29, 2020 TRENDING: Barack Obama Uses Death of George Floyd to Fan Flames, Condemn America as Racist Froese has worked at Twitter for seven years, as a […]
An IKEA HR manager has been charged in Poland with violating the religious rights of a Bible-citing employee, who was fired after refusing to endorse a pro-LGBT event. Now, the manager could end up behind bars. The Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office has decided to press charges against the manager, whose identity has not been revealed, arguing that this person has infringed upon an employee’s rights on the basis of religion. The decision to sack the employee was based on “arbitrary assessment and prejudice” toward a man expressing “Christian” views, it added. Now, this person could face anything between a fine and […]
Leave it to Netflix to drop a Jeffrey Epstein docuseries in the midst of a global pandemic that’s left many Americans trapped indoors with lots of free time to binge. On May 27, the four-part series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich will premiere on the streaming behemoth. Based on the book by James Patterson, it details the harrowing stories of Epstein’s (mainly underage) victims, from his sexual abuse to the lasting mental toll it took. One of the biggest revelations in the documentary concerns Prince Andrew, a British royal and good friend of Epstein’s. Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Epstein of sex-trafficking her […]
Cynthia Murray’s hours at Walmart had already been cut and she was worried about her health in the pandemic. After a customer shouted at her, she decided to go on unpaid leave. Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Cynthia Murray’s hours at Walmart had already been cut and she was worried about her health in the pandemic. After a customer shouted at her, she decided to go on unpaid leave. Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Cynthia Murray has worked at a Walmart store in Maryland for nearly […]