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Ex-Sun Worker Files Discrimination Suit
News Carlini also said Sun has been cleared of similar charges that its H-1B practices violated labour laws. Ultimately, Sun's scheme was successful, allowing it to keep certain positions filled while dramatically reducing its labour costs," the suit said.
[March 19, 2003, 13:50]
Straw Makes Internet Grooming An Election Issue
News Internet "grooming" has become an election issue for the Labour party, with opposition parties accusing the government of deceitfully taking ownership of a proposal to criminalise the online solicitation of children in the run-up to the general...
[May 21, 2001, 13:37]
UK Ordered To End 'long Hours' Culture
News The UK working week could be shortened, as the European Commission has ordered the government to close legal loopholes in its labour laws. The government has been given two months to comply, following a case brought against by the union, Amicus...
[April 29, 2002, 16:52]
German Labour Eyes Online Authentication
News Germany's pensions administrator and labour department are implementing online authentication systems in a deal worth almost €10m (£6.7m). The German Federal Labour Office has also signed a deal with SBS for online authentication services as part...
[June 28, 2004, 14:15]
Cars Are For Driving... Computers Are For Life; There Is No Comparison
Talkback Before child-labour laws people said "if kids want to climb and clean chimneys; let them". Soon laws will prevent megacorporations from limiting accessibility and choice and restore good old-fashioned competition.
[December 17, 2007, 16:12]
User Communities At MSN - Sting For Netscape
News Department of Labour is investigation whether America Online Inc.violated labour laws by treating volunteer hosts like employees -- requiring them to keep set schedules and file time cards without paying them.
[June 29, 1999, 9:01]
Government Denies Entrapment Reports
News The government's stance appears steadfast: both the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) have confirmed discussions with Blair's Labour administration on the matter.
[October 30, 2000, 16:41]
UK Fails To Prosecute Any Spammers
News Derek Wyatt, the Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group, said he was "not at all surprised" that the ICO had failed to make a single prosecution over spam.
[February 9, 2006, 14:40]
IDC Finds Optimism In 2004's Crystal Ball
News Tech spending will increase, IBM will indemnify customers in the SCO suit, and information technology services provided to US customers through offshore labour will double in 2004, market analysis firm IDC predicted on Wednesday.
[December 5, 2003, 8:25]
Cybercrime-fighting MP To Step Down
News Allan has been MP for Sheffield Hallam since he was first elected in 1997 and as Liberal Democrat spokesman on IT and joint vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group, he has taken an active role in challenging the Labour...
[April 11, 2005, 10:45]
Old PCs Go To Jail
News Our niche is providing cost-effective labour to deal with end-of-life products. Meanwhile, critics have blasted prison labour as unfair both to the inmates and to the private sector because of wages that are well below those paid outside prison walls.
[February 16, 2002, 6:31]
China In WTO Will Shake Up Tech Sector
News In the future, companies will move more manufacturing to the mainland to take advantage of cheaper labour, and Taiwan will likely emerge as a logistical and design centre, as well as a cultural go-between for China and the West.
[September 19, 2001, 8:30]
Internet 'grooming' Legislation Faces Delays
News Speaking at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference in Brighton on Monday, Beverley Hughes, the Home Office minister and chair of the Internet Taskforce on Child Protection, implied that new "grooming...
[October 2, 2001, 13:28]
BTopenworld Accused Of Call Centre Incompetence
Talkback They have worked for client-logic for almost three years and are still under a probationary period why because they were working for client-logic via a loop hole in the labour laws. Our son and his partner work for client-logic and recently we were...
[November 5, 2003, 10:19]
HP Loses Tech Visionary In R&D Cull
News On Wednesday HP announced that it was undertaking a massive restructuring and losing 14,500 jobs — around 10 per cent of the company — but said that it could take up to 18 months to complete the cuts because of labour laws in Europe and elsewhere.
[July 22, 2005, 13:30]
UK Government Scoops 'Internet Villain' Nominations
News The Home Office has come under massive criticism over the past years for several laws that have been introduced under Labour, most notably its draconian Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). Government departments have monopolised...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
Government Launches Review Of Intellectual Property Laws
News This featured in the Labour Party manifesto in the last election, which included a commitment to "modernise copyright and other forms of IP so that they are appropriate for the digital age". The British government has launched a review of the laws...
[December 2, 2005, 13:10]
One Flight Later...
Blog Industrial espionage (Huawei famously cloned a huge chunk of Cisco's product range, leading to a lockhorn of lawyers and an out-of-court agreement), extreme management style (the company recently decided to make 7000 of its long-term employees to...
[November 20, 2007, 0:46]
IBM Blames Job Cuts On Europe's Weaknesses
News Unions are concerned that jobs could be lost most quickly in the UK, due to the difference in labour laws. IBM has blamed economic problems in Europe, notably weak demand for IT services in the region, for its decision to cut up to 13,000 jobs in a...
[May 5, 2005, 15:55]
Torvalds And Cox Oppose Software Patents Law
News Proponents such as British Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy argue the directive would help small businesses by making the legal framework for computer-related patents more consistent. The draft directive has been presented as a harmonisation of European...
[September 22, 2003, 14:25]
