'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says On-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 198
Ex-IBM sales veteran sues for access to health benefits Complaint alleges age discrimination harms certain retirees On-Prem19 Nov 2023 | 21
HP sued over use of forfeited 401(k) retirement contributions If IT giant loses this lawsuit, it might just upset every plan in America On-Prem16 Nov 2023 | 46
WeBroke WeWork, WePromise WeFix it: How subleasing giant hopes to survive bankruptcy Coworking gambit divided office space – and got conquered On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 27
Former IBM Canada worker wins six-figure payout for wrongful dismissal Worked 38 years and was stiffed at the end, tells El Reg age was a probably factor On-Prem25 Oct 2023 | 40
Apple pays $500K to make sales bods' complaint about wage theft go away About four minutes of quarterly profit, and it's settled Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 6
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7
California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks Route 404: Human driver requirement not found AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 60
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed On-Prem21 Sep 2023 | 63
AI to replace 2.4 million jobs in the US by 2030, many fewer than other forms of automation It's not all bad news. Poets are safe. And machines will take some jobs no human wants AI + ML06 Sep 2023 | 37
Generative AI won't steal your job, just change it, says UN Unless you're a woman in a clerical position, in which case your role might never come into existence AI + ML23 Aug 2023 | 15
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
Tech execs turn to drink and drugs as job losses mount 34% of those surveyed are on stimulants including amphetamines Sysadmin Month11 Jul 2023 | 32
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115
H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down? On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 33
38 percent of tech job interviews offered exclusively to men: report Data shows there's still some way to go toward pay and hiring equity On-Prem23 Jun 2023 | 80
Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38
Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood' As spinoff quietly erases claim that average age in mainframe group was 35 On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 54
Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers Special report As one ousted staffer claims the IBM spin-off is in disarray On-Prem24 May 2023 | 53
AI is great at one thing: Driving next waves of layoffs Register Kettle ChatGPT, how many thousands of people should I replace today? AI + ML18 May 2023 | 41
Kyndryl, IBM sued for age discrimination by former global software director Lawyers claim separated IT giants are reading from the same page On-Prem13 May 2023 | 12
When you try to hire a freelancer to write SQL and all you get is incorrect AI garbage hCaptcha researchers find that online labor platforms need work AI + ML09 May 2023 | 39
Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff Thanks for your service, now push off Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4
Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud Gee, you mean that surge to 800,000 applications in one year isn't entirely legit? Shocking Legal01 May 2023 | 34
Red Hat layoffs spark calls to unionize, CEO wades in Exclusive 'Reject this capitalist logic' urges French legion within Linux slinger OSes28 Apr 2023 | 47
IBM pauses counting its billions to trim Red Hat staff Customers shouldn't even notice, sniffs Linux distro CEO OSes24 Apr 2023 | 28
Meta virtual reality interrupted by financial reality as thousands lose their jobs Zuck's 'Year of Efficiency' starts with saving time not learning coworkers' names in case they're booted Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 22
IBM, Kyndryl cut jobs even after cutting ties Staff doubt Big Blue's claim that layoffs were already announced On-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 22
ChatGPT is coming for your jobs – the terrible ones, at least OpenAI tech outperforms digital serfs toiling away on Amazon's estate AI + ML03 Apr 2023 | 20
Amazon to shutter Digital Photography Review Respected hands-on outlet tossed under the layoff bus Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 47
Humanoid robot takes a retail job, but not one any store clerk wants to do You want to take our place? Welcome to the real world, pal AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 34
Companies can't shut you up using severance pay, at least in the US Watchdog reverses Trump era decision upholding ability to stop ex-staffers talking smack about you Legal24 Feb 2023 | 28
Now IBM Watson Health, sorry, Merative decimates staff And jobs shift offshore, says source Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 14
Results are in for biggest 4-day work week trial ever: 92% sticking with it Struggling to keep staff? Pilot brings huge dive in attrition, sick leave On-Prem21 Feb 2023 | 71
DigitalOcean waves goodbye to 11 percent of staff Exclusive The layoffs will continue until morale improves PaaS + IaaS15 Feb 2023 | 19
Twilio axes roughly 1 in 5 staff in fresh round of layoffs Already decimated staff in September Software13 Feb 2023 | 3
IBM health benefits blackout leaves retirees footing the bill Medical payments expected to resume ... soon? Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 37
Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause Poll Wish you could IP Freely? What's the wording holding you back in your current job? On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 173
IBM shifts remaining US-based AIX dev jobs to India – source Around 80 positions moved to another continent, Big Blue stays silent OSes12 Jan 2023 | 36
FTC floats rule to ban imposed non-compete agreements in US Miscreants would face the wrath of Khan Legal06 Jan 2023 | 15
Citizen Coder? Happiness Concierge? Here come 2023's business cards Opinion A pose by any other name would pay as sweet Personal Tech03 Jan 2023 | 66
Apple 'created decoy labor group' to derail unionization You're holding your staff meetings the wrong way Personal Tech16 Dec 2022 | 35
IT recruiter settles claims it snubbed American workers It's a Jersey thing, and the $26,000 can be filed under business expenses On-Prem15 Dec 2022 | 18
Industrial robots in China push people out of jobs, slash wages Exposed to 'droids? Symptoms may include indifference, unemployment, lower pay, along with a bit of depopulation Science06 Dec 2022 | 14
Intel offers Irish staff a three-month break from being paid Chipmaker confirms 'voluntary time-off programs' part of push to reduce costs Systems02 Dec 2022 | 54
IBM manager sues for $5m claiming postnatal demotion Congratulations on the twins! By the way, our discrimination laws are 'subject to interpretation' On-Prem21 Nov 2022 | 15
Security firms hijack New York trees to monitor private workforce Employee management tech raises eyebrows in the Big Apple Security17 Nov 2022 | 57
After 47 years, Microsoft issues first sexual harassment and gender report Faint praise: Windows giant tries to follow best practices and wants to improve Legal16 Nov 2022 | 4
Chinese employers sought a million hard core AI techies in five years Pay is middling, hours are long, but millions of jobs are out there AI + ML08 Nov 2022 | 2
You're Shipt outta luck: App sued for treating delivery workers as contractors 'No, no, they're shoppers, not employees' ain't gonna fly with DC AG Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 47
IBM withholds healthcare subsidies from some retirees Former staff describe threat as a 'heist' and 'outright attack' on pension scheme Systems21 Oct 2022 | 38
IBM Consulting orders staff back to the office for at least three days a week Exclusive And would you believe it, employees are not thrilled On-Prem19 Oct 2022 | 20
Uber, Lyft stock decimated as US aims to classify gig workers as staff About to get a lot trickier to justify contractor status for app-hired folks Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 73
Business can't make staff submit to video surveillance, says court Chetu ordered to pay restitution for employee's unlawful termination Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 76
People are coming out of retirement due to cost-of-living crisis The Great Unresignation as inflation forces hordes of retirees back into work On-Prem07 Oct 2022 | 184
India's IT services sector wants workers back in offices – but not all the new hires Industry insists it needs new blood, yet offers are being rescinded, pay rises delayed, and workers are furious On-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 7
IBM battles to settle yet more age discrimination claims While accused of already breaking terms of an earlier deal On-Prem04 Oct 2022 | 4
Apple exec sues over 'ageist' removal of $800k stock bonus IP director claims he was skipped over for merit-based retention bonus because of the retention part Legal29 Sep 2022 | 26
Soaring costs, inflation nurturing generation of 'quiet quitters' among under-30s My friends say I should act my wage. What's my wage again? Offbeat27 Sep 2022 | 164
Billionaire CEO tells Googlers 'we shouldn’t always equate fun with money' Updated A day in the G is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet. Every code checkout a parade. I love the G Bootnotes23 Sep 2022 | 42
Stand back, the FTC is here to police gig work If only the US government had, like, a Dept of Labor or something Personal Tech16 Sep 2022 | 18