Worker protections to be toughened in UK employment bill
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Iowa lawmakers pass bill ending transgender rights protections
Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code, despite large, intense protests.CBS News - 4d -
Latest news on Iowa's bill to end transgender rights protections
Iowa's lawmakers approved legislation to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. CBS News' Lana Zak reports.CBS News - 4d -
Iowa Governor Signs Bill Ending Transgender Civil Rights Protections
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Apple removes advanced data protection tool in face of UK government request
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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
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Iowa gives final approval to a bill to remove gender identity protections despite massive protests
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Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
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Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
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Iowa governor signs nation's first bill removing transgender civil rights protections
Iowa became the first state to strike anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights code on Friday after the state’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed hotly ...The Hill - 4d -
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UK’s lowest-income workers to become eligible for sick pay
About 1.3mn Britons to benefit from legislative plan set to be laid out by ministersFinancial Times - 1d -
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Labour has humane and popular plans to stand up for UK workers. Why dilute them? | Gaby Hinsliff
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Graduates face an uphill battle to employment
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Anti-U.S. Hiring Bias Now Targeted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Streeting to ask employers to pay for more staff medical checks
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Telework has quietly solved one of America’s biggest employment challenges
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21 DOGE staffers, whose employment predated Musk agency, resign
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Federal employment board pauses firing of 6 probationary staffers
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Despite Initial Friction, Employers and Gen-Zers Are Trying Harder to Work Together
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Supreme Court finds 'radical agreement' in employment discrimination case
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The digital tool protecting Ukrainian architecture from war
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