Worker protections to be toughened in UK employment bill amendments
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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 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
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Fired Yosemite workers say upside-down U.S. flag was a call to protect public lands
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Only 1% of UK workers off sick find jobs within 6 months, report says
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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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Watch live: House holds hearing on birthright citizenship, 14th Amendment
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Football fan banned for homophobic slur 'willing to make amends'
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Yankees amend long-standing facial hair policy, will now allow 'well-groomed beards'
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Democrat introducing resolution affirming 22nd Amendment support amid Trump third term talk
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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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Supreme Court finds 'radical agreement' in employment discrimination case
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