The House passed a bill on Monday that would ban the use of forced arbitration in lawsuits involving sexual assault and harassment claims. Lawmakers passed the bill on a bipartisan basis, 335–97. In total, 113 Republicans joined with all Democrats in support of H.R.4445, also known as the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual…
House Passes Bill to Ban Use of Forced Arbitration in Lawsuits Involving Sexual Assault and Harassment Cases
Toyota Apologizes for Suicide after Overwork, Harassment
TOKYO—Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its employees. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda has apologized to the family, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday. Monetary details of the settlement were not disclosed. The lawsuit filed by the worker’s family had sought 123 million yen ($1.1…
Apple Worker Says She Was Fired After Leading Movement Against Harassment
October 16, 2021
admin
appleBusiness & EconomyCompanieseconomyemployeefiredharassmentJanneke ParrishLocal NewsMedia & Big TechmovementRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaTechUSUS News
0 Comment
SAN FRANCISCO—An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of what they called harassment and discrimination at the company said on Thursday that she had been fired. Janneke Parrish, an Apple program manager, said the iPhone maker informed her on Thursday that she had been terminated for deleting material on company equipment…
Facebook Updates Harassment Policy to Protect Public Figures, Journalists, and Activists
Facebook announced updates to its harassment policy on Wednesday to protect public figures, journalists, and activists from harmful content and attacks, according to a new statement from the social media giant. The changes follow the recent congressional testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who shared concerns about the company’s practices. Haugen, a former product manager…
Twitter Rolls Out New Anti-Harassment ‘Safety Mode’ to ‘Reduce Disruptive Interactions’
September 2, 2021
admin
Business & EconomyCompaniesFeatured TopicsharassmentMedia & Big Techsafety modeSocial MediaTechTwitterUSUS News
0 Comment
Twitter on Sept. 1 announced it is rolling out a new “Safety Mode” feature aimed at helping users deal with unwelcome interactions, such as harmful posts and unwanted replies and mentions. In a statement, the company said the new feature is aimed at “reducing disruptive interactions” and will be rolled out to a small feedback group on iOS, Android, and…
US Condemns Beijing’s ‘Harsh’ Treatment of Reporters Covering Floods in Central China
Washington expressed deep concern over the “increasingly harsh” surveillance, harassment, and intimidation that endangered U.S. and other foreign reporters in China, including those covering recent floods in its central territory, the State Department said on July 29. “The PRC government claims to welcome foreign media and support their work, but its actions tell a different…
2 More Women Accuse NY Gov. Cuomo of Harassment
Two more women came forward on March 6 to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate conduct. Ana Liss told The Wall Street Journal in a story published Saturday that when she worked as a policy aide to the governor between 2013 and 2015, Cuomo called her “sweetheart,” once kissed her hand and asked…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`