60+ DEI employees fired at Univ of Texas.

A week after state Sen. Brandon Creighton warned Texas university system administrators about the state’s expectations for higher education institutions to comply with Senate Bill 17 — an anti-DEI law that went into effect in January — the University of …

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Employees revolt over AI Surveillance at work.

From algorithms firing staff without human intervention to software keeping tabs on bathroom breaks, technologies including artificial intelligence are already upsetting workers and unsettling workplaces. At call centers, AI systems record and grade how workers handle calls, often giving failing …

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Trade War: Chinese state entities in at least 8 provinces are directing employees to use local brands, escalating efforts to promote domestic products over foreign ones.

Multiple 🇨🇳 state firms and government departments across at least 8 provinces — including the prosperous coast — instructed employees in the past month or two to start carrying local brands. That’s a major step-up from around September, when a …

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Boston Consulting Group bans employees from trading individual stocks (unverified claim)

by welp007 Only thing I found was a Glassdoor comment about 6 days ago. https://www.glassdoor.com/Community/all-things-mbb/well-bcg-just-announced-in-north-america-that-individuals-are-no-longer-allowed-to-buy-stocks-except-funds-or-if-trades My thoughts on this discovery… Why does BCG, a consultant group need to have an individual stock ban for its employees, if it isn’t doing crimes? …

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