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US can now launch H-1B investigations without waiting for formal complaintsThe US Department of Labor is stepping up scrutiny of the H-1B visa program. Project Firewall allows for broad, proactive reviews without p...- FTC drops case over Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard dealThe FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge's decision declining to block the Microsoft-Activision deal, which closed in 202...
- A Microsoft employee's job related question goes viral on social media, even as top tech companies fire people at will; here's all about job security and legal protectionA Reddit post about Microsoft layoffs sparked hundreds of emotional replies from U.S. workers, revealing how America’s "at-will" job system...
- Microsoft settles California probe over worker leave for $14 millionMicrosoft agrees to pay $14 million to settle claims of retaliating against workers for taking leave in California. The settlement also man...
- Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target techAntitrust regulators target Big Tech like Apple and Google, considering break-up orders due to alleged anti-competitive practices. Companie...
- TCS faces hiring bias lawsuit in US; BJP MLA asks Centre to ban online gambling adsIn 2018, a California district court ruled in favour of TCS in a lawsuit filed by three former employees who accused the IT services provid...
- Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyThe dispute - the first U.S. employment lawsuit about alleged casteism - has forced Big Tech to confront a millennia-old hierarchy where In...
- Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyApple confirmed that it "updated language a couple of years ago to reinforce that we prohibit discrimination or harassment based on caste."
- LinkedIn will give $1.8 mn to female workers to settle pay discrimination complaintThe settlement affects nearly 700 women who worked in engineering, product or marketing roles.
- Microsoft board to review sexual harassment, discrimination policiesThe review will produce a transparency report with results of any sexual harassment investigations in recent years against the company's di...
- Microsoft settles immigration related claims with US Justice DepartmentMicrosoft has been asked to pay a civil fine of $17,352 to the US treasury and amend its recruitment practices.
- Microsoft had warned Bill Gates about sending 'flirtatious emails' to female employee in 2008The matter was dropped after Gates told them he would stop.
- Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirting in 2008Brad Smith, then Microsoft's general counsel and now its president and vice chair, and another executive met with Bill Gates after the comp...
- Bill Gates's leadership roles and reputation stay intact despite disturbing allegationsHowever, critics say the revelations raise accountability concerns.
- Satya Nadella, US lawmakers appalled by the ongoing acts of hate against Asian AmericansMore than 3,000 incidents of abuse against Asian Americans were reported between March and December 2020, according to Asian American advoc...
- Flexi-hours in India, Denmark's 52-week paid absence: Look at parental leave policies across the worldThe US, Suriname and Papua New Guinea don’t have paid leave for new parents.
- Satya Nadella calls for building AI responsibly, especially in facial recognition techMicrosoft is one of several companies playing a leading role in developing facial recognition tech.
- Microsoft's European Union antitrust probe nears endMicrosoft Corp’s decade-long struggle against a EU antitrust probe that led to more than $2.1 billion in fines will enter its final phase o...
- India outsourcers angered by US job visa hikeThe row comes as India readies to host Obama and as anti-outsourcing anger in US has been stoked by high unemployment.
- 'Quotas alone will not help women climb biz ladder'Microsoft India MD Neelam Dhawan shared her views on the glass ceiling for women and affirmative action in an interview with ET.
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