$80 million verdict for three workers fired for taking ‘off the record’ time off in California

Getty Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has purchased a Beverly Hills mansion for $165 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The estate was designed for Warner Bros. executive Jack Warner in the 1930s and features its own nine-.....»»

Warehouse workers lifting hundreds of boxes a day say that they fear being fired for taking a day of unpaid time off......»»

Warehouse workers lifting hundreds of boxes a day say that they fear being fired for taking a day of unpaid time off......»»

Across California, at least 20 companies providing care for the elderly, disabled and mentally ill continue to operate illegally after being cited for failing to pay their workers more than $1.4 million in back wages and penalties......»»

The US labor market continues to grow at a blistering pace. According to the BLS, in August the number of job openings in the US hit a new all time high of 7.136 million, up from July's prior upward revised record of 7.077 million. M.....»»

American employers had more than seven million unfilled jobs for the first time on record this summer, a number eclipsing unemployed workers by a record 902,000......»»

The complaint said that about 50 employees were terminated or placed on administrative leave after April's protests in New York and California. Google HQ in Mountain View, California.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesG.....»»

Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Tuesday's protests in California and New York led to 28 terminations and nine .....»»

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Chip Shortage Enters "Danger Zone" As Lead Times Reach New Record Semiconductor lead times, the time it takes for a company to order a chip and taking delivery, increased to 17 weeks in April, indicating shortages of these critical .....»»

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In March 2020, as businesses across the world sent non-essential workers home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a 2.6 million-sq.-ft. General Motors plant in Kokomo, Ind., sat idle. At the same time, ventilators—the breathing machines essenti.....»»

Uber said total monthly bookings, including food delivery and passenger service, reached an all-time high in March. Last week, Uber announced $250 million in sign-up .....»»

Villa Firenze, a nearly 10-acre estate.....»»

Revenues reached $100.7 million in the second quarter of Fiscal 2021, an increase of $41.9 million, or 71% year-over-year Gross margin reached 30.4% for the quarter, an improvement of 0.1 percentage points, and gross profit was a record $30.6.....»»

The median home price in the Southern California region rose nearly 15% in February compared with a year earlier, according to data from DQNews. The record-high shows how a pandemic-fueled housing boom is.....»»

The real estate agent says the seller is taking advantage of the state's eviction moratorium. Willowpix/Getty Images A couple bought a home for half a million dollars in California in 2020, but haven't moved in. The seller .....»»

California travel industry advocates are urging state lawmakers approve a one-time $45 million appropriation to help buoy the state’s $145 billion tourism industry......»»

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. made history again over the weekend with its latest Starlink mission. The Hawthorne, California-based aerospace company launched and landed a Falcon 9 first stage booster for a record ninth time. The mission f.....»»

The Citizenship for Essential Workers Act boosts the economy through an expedited pathway to citizenship for essential workers without a legal status. California Secretary of State Alex Padi.....»»