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[Link] Guy Whose Companies Keep Getting Sued For Discrimination Threatens to 'Improve' Twitter
Read: 5/4/2022 www.vice.com
Elon Musk has joined the board at Twitter, saying he plans to make several improvements to the platform.
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[Link] World’s Worst People Keep Assaulting and Harassing Flight Attendants
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
The passenger started drinking their own alcohol, which is against federal law, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. When a flight attendant told the passenger to stop, that passenger sexually assaulted the attendant.
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[Link] Activision Blizzard ends forced arbitration as CEO takes a massive pay cut
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theverge.com
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick sent a letter updating employees on the further steps he and the company will take to change its image in the wake of multiple sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits.
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[Link] McDonald’s Employees Will Strike Over Sexual Harassment
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The employees, organizers said, will strike in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Houston, and Miami. They will also call for workers to unionize, since McDonald’s, they say, has failed to adequately protect employees.
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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds
Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.
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[Link] Tesla ordered to pay $137M to Black former worker subjected to racist workplace
Read: 10/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Tesla owes Owen Diaz $137 million after a jury found that the Black former worker was subjected to racial abuse that the electric vehicle company insufficiently addressed during his tenure.
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[Link] Paradox abandons multiple unannounced projects to focus on 'proven game niches'
Read: 10/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
One month after the surprise departure of former CEO Ebba Ljungerud, Paradox Interactive has announced the cancellation of work on several unannounced projects.
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[Link] Activision sued by another federal agency, settles lawsuit for $18 million
Read: 10/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Earlier today the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard after a three year investigation into alleged workplace discrimination.
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[Link] Delivery driver who called worker 'juicy' threatened to sue her after she made complaint
Read: 16/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Frayne Higgins was hoping to overturn a decision by Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal last year, which found he had sexually harassed a female retail employee and ordered him to pay her $45,000.
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[Link] Fullbright co-founder steps down following report of employee mistreatment
Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com
Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor has stepped back from his role as creative lead and manager on Open Roads. This news broke last evening, just ahead of a Polygon report detailing issues at the studio, including complaints of Gaynor’s behavior towards women on the team.
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[Link] Cuomo Is Now Facing Potential Criminal Charges For Sexual Assault
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her has now filed a criminal complaint against him, a move that could ultimately land the embattled governor in handcuffs.
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[Link] Bullying claims at army’s Sydney University regiment referred to defence force inspector general
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Allegations of bullying and harassment at the Australian army’s Sydney University regiment have been referred to the inspector general of the defence force for potential investigation.
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[Link] Noel Clarke quits his own production company following sexual misconduct allegations
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Noel Clarke has left his production company, Unstoppable Film and TV, after allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct first reported in the Guardian in April.