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Coronavirus: Amazon Offers Staff Unlimited Sick Days

Workers at Amazon can take unlimited sick days in March in an effort to try and stem the Coronavirus pandemic around the world

Security engineer claims she was fired for Chrome popup about the protection of worker rights at the search engine giant

Productivity jumps by 40 percent after Microsoft tests the benefits of working a four day week

Relationship between Google staff and management sinks to new low after worker surveillance allegation

OPINION: The speed of change could leave thousands out of work and without the right skills

The iPhone maker is ‘deeply offended’ over Chinese labour allegations made in an undercover BBC Panorama investigation

German staff at the online retail giant Amazon are to strike again over a long-running pay dispute

Amazon hits back at working condition allegations made by an undercover reporter in a Swansea warehouse

Ahead of the launch next week of its new cheap iPhone, Apple faces fresh worker violation claims

Microsoft reassures its workforce spooked by Steve Ballmer’s upcoming retirement and the company reorganisation

You’re Fired – Tim Armstrong, says sorry for public sacking, but the dismissal stands

Cisco confirms it will once again trim its workforce, despite reporting solid financial results

The belt tightening at IBM continues with hardware staff taking a furlough week on reduced pay

The boss of Yahoo has discussed her controversial changes to the company’s remote working policy

Tech maker Foxconn has to negotiate with Xbox 360 workers who had threatened a “mass suicide”

The iPhone maker Foxconn is replacing a significant portion of its workforce with robots

Fujitsu staff have voted to walk out of strike because of the alleged unfair treatment of a trade unionist

Good manners associated with the use of the mobile phone and tablets are on the decline, a survey has found

The sheer volume of information nowadays is making workers across the world stressed, warns a new study

Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn has strenuously rejected ‘unsubstantiated allegations’ in the Chinese media that its staff are being abused

Troubled electronics manufacturer Foxconn is back in the headlines again with alleged reports of workers facing violence from guards

Microsoft’s investigation into conditions at the KYE factory in China turned up violations that the company says it addressed

The maker of the iPhone is considering closing its mainland Chinese plant, in a move that could see up to 800,000 workers lose their jobs

Over a third of technology workers believe the economy is improving, and confidence levels are starting to firm up