Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor

US wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers can't figure out how to reach them (nbcnews.com)
National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but they struggled to find them because they didn't have their new contact information.

Nuclear Security, Government, Employment, Labor, News

146 points by belter 6 days ago | 78 comments

75K federal workers accepted 'deferred resignation' offer (nbcnews.com)
About 75,000 federal employees have accepted the White House's "deferred resignation" offer to resign but be paid through September, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management.

Government, Politics, Labor, United States

29 points by geox 7 days ago | 63 comments

Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, paid them a fraction of US workers (theguardian.com)
Uline, a Wisconsin-based office supply company owned by one of Donald Trump’s biggest financial backers, paid workers it brought from Mexico to work at its US warehouses just a fraction of what their US counterparts were paid, according to four sources who spoke to the Guardian.

Labor, Immigration, Business, Wages, United States

4 points by adrian_mrd 9 days ago | 1 comments

Reclassification is making US tech job losses look worse than they are (theregister.com)
The latest job numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics make IT hiring look like it's in freefall, but that's not the case at all, says consultancy firm Janco.

Technology, Employment, Labor, Data Analysis, Economics

3 points by rntn 11 days ago | 0 comments

The Job Market Rebound Is Going to Catch Everyone Off-Guard (inc.com)
I’ve got good news about the job market. And some bad news.

Job Market, Economy, Business, Labor

5 points by PretzelFisch 16 days ago | 1 comments

List of 200 UK companies that moved to 4-day working week (future4days.com)
Over 200 companies in the UK have started a four-day working week without reducing salaries.

Work-life balance, UK, Labor, Business, Economy

116 points by timermore 20 days ago | 91 comments

US Air Traffic Control Facilities Are Understaffed (nytimes.com)
More than 90 percent of the country’s 313 air traffic control facilities operate below the Federal Aviation Administration’s recommended staffing levels, according to an analysis of staffing data from the union representing controllers obtained by The New York Times.

Aviation, Staffing, Labor

13 points by insane_dreamer 21 days ago | 5 comments

Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs (thedailybeast.com)
Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.

Politics, Government, Labor, United States

28 points by cdme 21 days ago | 3 comments

Unintended workplace safety consequences of minimum wages (sciencedirect.com)
We investigate the unintended impact of minimum wage increases on workplace safety.

Economics, Labor, Safety, Workplace

26 points by luu 22 days ago | 60 comments

US Department of Labor to Cease and Desist All Investigation and Enforcement (dol.gov)
WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Vince Micone today transmitted Secretary’s Order 03-2025 to all department employees, directing them to cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under the rescinded Executive Order 11246 and the regulations promulgated under it.

Government, Labor, Law

28 points by wahnfrieden 27 days ago | 23 comments

Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines (bbc.com)
Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa.

South Africa, Gangs, Crime, Gold Mining, Labor

6 points by adrian_mrd 34 days ago | 0 comments

Bernie Sanders: the H1B program replaces good-paying American jobs [video] (youtube.com)

Politics, Immigration, Labor, Employment, United States

18 points by jarsin 35 days ago | 5 comments

TikTok tells staff impacted by wildfires to use sick hours if they can't work (techcrunch.com)
Wildfires are currently devastating the greater Los Angeles area, burning over 45 square miles, torching over 1,300 structures, and putting nearly 180,000 people under evacuation orders as of Thursday. And yet, TikTok’s LA-based employees are being told to either continue their work from home or use their personal/sick days if that’s not possible, while the company’s LA office remains closed due to power outages caused by high winds.

Wildfires, Social Media, Labor, Business, California

184 points by sylvainkalache 43 days ago | 183 comments

Bernie Sanders asks Musk why he fired American workers and hired H1b workers. (twitter.com)

Politics, Immigration, Labor, Technology

11 points by ZuckMusk 43 days ago | 2 comments

When the U.S. tried to replace migrant farmworkers with high schoolers (2018) (npr.org)
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

History, Labor, Agriculture, Immigration

74 points by notamy 45 days ago | 84 comments

'Virtual employees' could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says (theguardian.com)
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.

Artificial Intelligence, Labor, Business, Technology

4 points by mindracer 45 days ago | 3 comments

Deere Goes Driverless Beyond Midwest Farms to Ease Labor Crunch (bloomberg.com)
Deere & Co., which has already introduced driverless plows to farm fields in the Midwest, now wants to bring autonomous machines to orchards, quarries and grassy lawns to help ease a tight labor market.

Agriculture, Automation, Labor, Technology, Business

7 points by JumpCrisscross 46 days ago | 2 comments

Top H1B employers hired 34k new H1B workers, laid off at least 85k (2022) (epi.org)
The H-1B program is the largest U.S. temporary work visa program, with a total of approximately 600,000 workers employed by 50,000 employers.

Immigration, Employment, Labor, Technology, United States

10 points by TaurenHunter 48 days ago | 2 comments

Counterintuitive Effects of Minimum Prices (dynomight.net)
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour.

Economics, Minimum Wage, Labor, Transportation

9 points by dynm 49 days ago | 5 comments

Judge denies Uber's motion to block Seattle law regulating driver deactivation (geekwire.com)
A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process.

Legal Issues, Transportation, Seattle, Uber, Labor

8 points by rntn 50 days ago | 0 comments

Why I'm skeptical of minimum prices for ride sharing (dynomight.net)
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour.

Ride Sharing, Labor, Economics, Massachusetts

6 points by gregorymichael 50 days ago | 0 comments

The Truth About H-1B Visas It's wage theft, pure and simple (neuburger.substack.com)
It's wage theft, pure and simple

Immigration, Labor, Technology, Economy

64 points by megamike 50 days ago | 82 comments

Tesla replaces laid-off U.S. workers with foreigners using visas pushed by Musk (msn.com)

Tesla, Labor, Immigration, Visas, Elon Musk

129 points by nabla9 51 days ago | 77 comments

Epic Construction Site in the Saudi Desert Is a Hazard for Workers (wsj.com)
Billed as a futuristic city-state with dazzling architecture including parallel 106-mile-long skyscrapers taller than the Empire State Building, Neom is the centerpiece of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to transform his oil-rich country into a modern diversified economy.

Saudi Arabia, Construction, Architecture, Labor, Economy

5 points by Jimmc414 55 days ago | 0 comments

Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom (arstechnica.com)
Advocates say tech workers movements got too big to ignore in 2024.

Tech Industry, Labor, Artificial Intelligence, Remote Work

25 points by Tomte 55 days ago | 4 comments

45% of Amazon Japan delivery drivers involved in accident: survey (mainichi.jp)
Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey conducted by a labor union has shown.

Transportation, Japan, Labor, Accidents, Amazon

11 points by e2e4 56 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Backers Battle Online over Skilled Immigrants (nytimes.com)
Weeks before President-elect Donald J. Trump is to take office, a major rift has emerged among his supporters over immigration and the place of foreign workers in the U.S. labor market.

Politics, Immigration, Labor, United States

13 points by mistersquid 56 days ago | 2 comments

Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs (nypost.com)
Some of the biggest companies in tech including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce have hired foreign workers just weeks after reducing headcount by thousands of employees, according to a report.

Tech Industry, Employment, Labor, Immigration, Outsourcing

10 points by lopkeny12ko 57 days ago | 0 comments

Google is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise (techcrunch.com)
Generative AI may look like magic, but behind the development of these systems are armies of employees at companies like Google, OpenAI, and others, known as “prompt engineers” and analysts, who rate the accuracy of chatbots’ outputs to improve their AI.