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Amazon | January 28, 2020

A new policy at Amazon, which can result in punishment or termination for employees who publicly criticize the company's stance on climate change, has prompted more than 350 employees to speak out in protest. The employees claim the company is trying to silence their activities, which includes urging Amazon to phase out fossil fuel use, and to stop making its cloud computing services available to the oil and gas industry. "It's our moral responsibility to speak up, and the changes t...

SHRM | August 28, 2020

As the new year approaches, benefits managers may find they're being pitched to jump into a "pool"—by jettisoning their current 401(k) plan in favor of a plan shared with other employers. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which became law in December 2019, created a new type of multiple-employer 401(k) plan called a pooled employer plan (PEP). Under the act, "pooled plan providers" may start operating PEPs beginning on Jan. 1, 2...

Walmart | March 23, 2020

Walmart will hire 150,000 associates through the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution and fulfillment centers, it said in a March 19 press release. The roles are temporary, but the company said many could become regular positions. The retailer is accelerating its hiring process from a two-week application cycle to 24 hours for key roles like cashiers and stockers, per the release. Walmart also will give $365 million in cash bonuses to hourly workers for their work during "an un...

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Arena | November 09, 2020

At the premiere Machine Learning Conference (MLConf), November 6, Arena Analytics' Chief Data Scientist Patrick Hagerty will unveil a cutting edge technique that removes 92%-99% of latent bias from algorithmic models. If undetected and unchecked, algorithms can learn, automate, and scale existing human and systemic biases. These models then perpetuate discrimination as they guide decision-makers in selecting people for loans, jobs, criminal investigation, healthcare services, and so mu...