'Return to Office' declared dead
Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says
On-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 198
Employment
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
NARROWER TOPICS
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
'Thousands' at Meta face layoffs this week
Sorry, you're Zucked
Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 26
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
Biting the hand that feeds IT
