Tag: employee
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Standoff near LAX connected to shooting of Santa Monica College employee
The gunman who shot a longtime Santa Monica College employee is dead following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in El Segundo, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. Police say 39-year-old Davon Durell Dean, a Santa Monica College employee, shot his coworker Monday night on campus. The victim, whose name has not been released, was…
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Death of Tennessee plastics plant employee in Hurricane Helene leaves a close-knit family in grief
September had been a month of celebrating Bertha Mendoza’s birthday, as well as her son’s and grandson’s. It’s now also the month she died. Mendoza, 56, was one of the employees of Impact Plastics Inc. in Erwin, Tennessee, who were swept from the open bed of a truck trying to bring her and other workers…
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Vince McMahon to blame for WWE’s ‘culture of corruption,’ attorney for former employee says
A new documentary about the rise and fall of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Vince McMahon debuted on Netflix early Wednesday morning, and it’s eliciting a range of emotions from one of his accusers. The six-part “Mr. McMahon” features interviews from McMahon and touches on controversies that have plagued his decades-long career. That includes accusations of sex…
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U.S. Forest Service pauses seasonal employee hiring amid budget shortfall
The U.S. Forest Service says it will not hire seasonal employees in the next fiscal year because of expected cuts to its budget, just as fire seasons grow longer, hotter and deadlier. Rank-and-file employees and union representatives have warned for years that low pay is leading firefighters to find employment elsewhere, contributing to high attrition…
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Death of young Ernst & Young employee raises questions about workplace culture
Indian authorities are investigating the work environment at a global accounting firm after the death of a 26-year-old employee whose mother said she was overworked. Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July, four months after joining the Pune office of Ernst & Young, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms. In a letter to the company’s…