NYCHA plumber’s $465K payday sparks probe into outside work

Airport Retailers Can Now Charge an Employee Benefits Fee—but It May Not Go to Workers

A traveler’s recent receipt shows how companies are passing higher labor costs onto customers.

PwC staffer working remotely from India instead of Dublin

A financial services employee discovered to have been working remotely from India for weeks when he should have been based in his office in Dublin has lost a challenge to his dismissal.

Job Openings Rising

Job Openings Rising

Buc-ee's Says Some Employees Can Earn Up to $275,000 a Year

Buc-ee's Says Some Employees Can Earn Up to $275,000 a Year

NYC high-rise 'unstable' after columns buckle, bricks fall, officials say

A large New York City Fire Department response was underway in Midtown after two columns buckled and five floors caved in at a building under construction Tuesday morning.

Real work 'begins now,' says TKMS CEO after being named the preferred sub bidder

Real work 'begins now,' says TKMS CEO after being named the preferred sub bidder

People are getting paid to teach robots - Rich On Tech

Rich DeMuro meets a worker getting paid up to $50 an hour to wear a camera and record everyday chores. The footage is helping teach robots how to wash dishes, fold laundry and perform other household tasks. Follow @richontech for more tech news, gadget reviews and helpful tips.

He’s making $330,000 secretly juggling 2 jobs. He says it’s ‘surreal’ not having to worry about money.

A Texas healthcare worker is earning about 330,000 this year secretly juggling two full-time jobs. Maskot/Getty Images A healthcare worker is making 330,000 secretly juggling two full-time jobs. RTO, layoffs, and employee tracking have forced him to adapt. The extra income has brought financial security, but longer hours have also fueled burnout. Editor’s note: In []

Hong Kong pivots to a 5-day civil service work week in 2006 – SCMP archive

This article was first published on July 3, 2006. Workers more efficient over five days: civil service chief by Ng Kang-chung Civil servants can work more efficiently and serve citizens better by not having to work on Saturdays, the city’s 6.9 million residents have been promised on the eve of implementation of a five-day week. The new working week would also help save citizens time and travel expenses if they switched to using services by fax, mail or internet, Civil Service Secretary Denise...

Day Jobs and Night Work

Day Jobs and Night Work

The Ultimate Workload Trap: How a Manager’s Unreasonable Demands Pushed a Dedicated Staffer to Her Absolute Breaking Point

If she can't communicate with her boss, then it's high time she try and find a better one. The post The Ultimate Workload Trap: How a Manager’s Unreasonable Demands Pushed a Dedicated Staffer to Her Absolute Breaking Point appeared first on TwistedSifter.

Remote work: Fueling a mental health crisis?

Remote work: Fueling a mental health crisis?

This AI startup pays $1.7M a year in rent so staff will work 72-hour weeks

Tech loves a perk, but few go this far. Rilla, an AI startup that makes coaching software for sales teams, spends about 1.7m a year on housing stipends so staff can live near its New York office, Fortune reports. The trade-off is a 72-hour week. Employees who live within a 10-minute bike ride of the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Dream job

Dream job

8th CPC: Arrear estimates for Level 1-5 employees

8th CPC: Arrear estimates for Level 1-5 employees

'Significant' Pay Rises Offered by Professor Layton Studio — if You Correctly Answer Quizzes About the Company's Games

Significant pay rises are on offer at Professor Layton developer Level-5 — if you can correctly answer questions about the company's games.

My Job Suddenly Has an Issue With My Side Gig. I Think One Person Is to Blame.

This shouldn't even be a problem.

More than one-third of employees still work from home

Return-to-office mandates gained steam in 2025, and yet more employees are working from home. Last year, 35 of employed people did some or all work remotely, up from 33 in 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest American Time Use Survey. Workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher were more likely to work []...Click to read more

Worked in two restaurants for 'no experience': Graduate says she can't land a minimum-wage job

Worked in two restaurants for 'no experience': Graduate says she can't land a minimum-wage job

Whitmer's $1.8 Billion Jobs Plan Delivers 602 Jobs — and a $3 Million Price Tag per Job

Whitmer's $1.8 Billion Jobs Plan Delivers 602 Jobs — and a $3 Million Price Tag per Job

Best Espresso Machines for Coffee Nerds & Beginners (2026)

A good espresso machine is an investment. But how much do you spend at the coffee shop every year?

CEO of major Japanese studio says employees get pay raises if they ace a quiz about its games, because that's "a genuine skill"

CEO of major Japanese studio says employees get pay raises if they ace a quiz about its games, because that's "a genuine skill"

Athabasca University workers get 12% raise

This is pretty much what all postsecondary workers are getting now, even though their real wages have fallen below 12 over the last two contracts.

Punjab targets 90,000 skilled workers by 2029

Punjab targets 90,000 skilled workers by 2029

F-1 student faces dilemma: ₹28LPA in India vs. $60K US salary with H-1B visa; netizens remind ‘layoffs are crazy’

An Indian F-1 student faces a dilemma between a 28LPA job in Bengaluru and a 60K job in the US.

HR Budgeting Strategies to Control Costs and Drive Growth

The cost of replacing a single employee can reach up to 200 of their annual salary when accounting for recruitment, training, and lost productivity. By partnering with outsourced hr providers, companies can transform human capital into a measurable engine for business expansion, ensuring effective budgeting strategies are no longer just about tracking expenses. Many organizations [] The post HR Budgeting Strategies to Control Costs and Drive Growth appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

RM50 juta setahun baiki paip bocor di Kelantan

KOTA BHARU: Kerajaan Kelantan menjangka kos bagi kerja-kerja membaiki paip bocor yang menjadi antara penyumbang utama masalah air tidak berhasil (NRW) tinggi di negeri ini meningkat sehingga RM50 juta setahun. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Raya, Infrastruktur, Air dan Pembangunan Luar Bandar negeri, Datuk Dr. Izani Husin berkata, ia meningkat berikutan penggunaan sistem khas untuk mengesan kebocoran ... Read more The post RM50 juta setahun baiki paip bocor di Kelantan appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Grand Bahama Shipyard surpasses 1.45 million hours without lost time injury, earns international recognition

NASSAU, BAHAMAS: Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited (GBSL) has surpassed 1.45 million trade labour hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI), marking another milestone in the company’s continued efforts to advance workplace safety. The Shipyard reached the one-million-hour milestone on April 14, 2026, after completing 210 consecutive days without a Lost Time Injury. That achievement has []

What to Expect From the June Jobs Report

What to Expect From the June Jobs Report

Billionaires warned New York would scare off business. Anthropic and Airbnb just made their biggest bets on the city yet

Not only are they expanding their footprint, they’re also doubling headcount. Anthropic said it plans to have more than 1,000 employees by end of year.

Working from home is great but is it an own goal for young jobseekers? The evidence is in

The sharp rise in remote work since the pandemic has been linked to an increase in graduate unemployment.

What To Expect From Thursday's Jobs Report

What To Expect From Thursday's Jobs Report

Japan’s nominal wages top 3% again in longest streak since 1992

Employers are showing they are committed to raising pay despite difficulties related to the Middle East conflict that have disrupted supply chains and boosted inflation.

Do it Best announces hardware wholesaler’s move out of Illinois – WANE (Ft. Wayne, IN)

The impact on employees, and how many jobs this move to Indiana could create, has not been confirmed.

Ofcom Chief Executive’s Inflation-Busting Pay Rise Takes Her Salary to Almost £500,000

Ofcom’s annual report and accounts for 2025/26 shows that its chief executive took home a whopping £478,784. Up from £455,324 the year before – her salary and allowances rose by an inflation-busting 4.87 Total staff costs jumped by 10 to £153.1 million which is two-thirds of all operating expenditure. Headcount rose to 1,665 from 1,557,

“Bring it to our shop”: Workday’s pitch for keeping AI agents close to your most valuable data

Workday, the payroll and HR data platform, has been pursuing AI and agents for a while, but while other businesses The post “Bring it to our shop”: Workday’s pitch for keeping AI agents close to your most valuable data appeared first on The New Stack.

Payday Is Approaching: Here’s What You Need to Know About Your Payslip

Payday Is Approaching: Here’s What You Need to Know About Your Payslip