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BBC: Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs. “Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”

BBC: Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs. “Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”

BBC: Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs. “Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”

BBC: Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs. “Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”

BBC: Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs. “Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”

A pregnant contract worker’s note has ignited debate after revealing how Kerala’s maternity-leave rules give full benefits only to select months — leaving many women without salary and forcing them to quit. Her account highlights a deep inequality between permanent and temporary staff. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-govt-contract-workers-permanent-vs-temporary-pregnancy-note-exposes-maternity-benefit-gaps-je7dw8x6?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MaternityRights #KeralaNews #ContractWorkers #WomenAtWork

Gratuity rules 2025: New labor laws will now provide gratuity even after 1 year of service
https://vaartha.com/national/gratuity-after-one-year-new-labour-laws-india-2025/587919/
#Gratuity2025 #NewLabourLaws #GratuityRules #LabourReform #EmployeeBenefits #GratuityChange #OneYearGratuity #FixedTermEmployees #LabourCode2025 #WorkplaceRights #SocialSecurity #EmployeeWelfare #IndiaLabourLaw #FinancialSecurity #LabourMinistry #JobSecurity #GratuityEligibility #ContractWorkers #FormalEmployment #LabourNews

Razorpay founder, Paytm CEO react as video of QR code ‘scam’ goes viral

A viral video is doing the rounds on social media, purportedly showing a QR code “scam” in action,…
#NewsBeep #News #Mobile #contractworkers #paymentscam #Paytm #paytmsoundbox #QRcodescam #Razorpay #ShashankKumar #SocialMedia #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom #UPIscam #video #VijayShekharSharma #Viral #watch #watchvideo
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/249622/

The Register: Uber India starts offering drivers gigs collecting and classifying info for AI models. “Megha Yethadka, global head of Uber AI Solutions, revealed the new gigs in a Thursday LinkedIn post in which she said drivers sometimes have downtime during the day or might want to make some extra cash after hours. Yethadka said the work can involve reviewing photos, counting objects, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/05/the-register-uber-india-starts-offering-drivers-gigs-collecting-and-classifying-info-for-ai-models/

Contractual hiring in Q4FY25 hit by geopolitics, new banking rules and end of festive season, says Indian Staffing Federation | Business News https://www.byteseu.com/1200425/ #ContractHiring #ContractWorkers #EconomicUncertainty #EmploymentTrends #FlexiStaffing #GeneralStaffing #GeopoliticalUncertainty #Geopolitics #HiringTrends #IndianExpress #IndianJobMarket #IndianStaffingFederation #ITStaffing #JobMarketTrends #RBIPolicies #StaffingIndustry #TemporaryStaffing #TemporaryWorkers

The Register: Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China . “A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China. Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong is a Vietnamese-born naturalized US citizen. He recently pleaded guilty […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-register-maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-outsourcing-us-govt-work-to-north-korean-dev-in-china/

The Verge: Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI. “Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be ‘AI-first.’ The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn account.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/the-verge-duolingo-will-replace-contract-workers-with-ai/

The Conversation: Africa’s data workers are being exploited by foreign tech firms – 4 ways to protect them. “Since 2015, we have been studying the central role of African data workers in building and maintaining artificial intelligence (AI) systems, acting as ‘data janitors’. Our research found that companies rarely acknowledge the use of human workers in AI value chains, thus they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/the-conversation-africas-data-workers-are-being-exploited-by-foreign-tech-firms-4-ways-to-protect-them/

The Register: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths . “Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform Outlier, for allegedly failing to protect the mental health of contractors hired to protect people from harmful interactions with AI models.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/26/mental-toll-scale-ai-outlier-sued-by-humans-paid-to-steer-ai-away-from-our-darkest-depths-the-register/

Le Monde: Understaffed and overworked: Behind the scenes at France’s major museums. “Since 2023, France’s biggest museum has outsourced 90 reception and security positions to Musea. The difference in employment terms for Musea’s carefully disguised staff and those who work directly for the Louvre is significant: all perform the same tasks, but the Louvre employees are paid an hourly wage of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/12/le-monde-understaffed-and-overworked-behind-the-scenes-at-frances-major-museums/

This is the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA’s second election victory, though the union is not yet recognized by the National Labor Relations Board.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwdzz/youtube-music-workers-just-unanimously-won-a-union-vote
#YouTube #Google #contractworkers #communicationsworkersofamerica #Union #election #alphabet #YouTubeMusic

Malt raises $97M at a $489M valuation for its freelance marketplace for developers - The world of professional services has long relied on contractors to fill in for a... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/H6h3ydcvyVM/ #contractworkers #consultants #contractors #developers #developer #designers #freelance #funding #europe #hiring #labor #malt