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employee

[em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee] / ɛmˈplɔɪ i, ˌɛm plɔɪˈi /


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Startup CEO Shane Mac had been using an AI agent without issue when he got pinged by an employee: a “heads up” about a team Slack message.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The payroll-tax rate has been increased before: When the first payroll taxes were collected for Social Security in 1937, the rate was 2%, evenly split between employee and employer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fiji's government demanded Friday that the United States hand over evidence showing a Chinese state agency employee living in the country paid bribes on behalf of Beijing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It ignores cash costs directly tied to employee stock awards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

KGB surveillance teams trailed, photographed, and harassed every known or suspected CIA employee in Moscow.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

On videos broadcast from there, employees sell Veet hair removal cream, Lysol’s international equivalent Dettol and other Reckitt goods on China’s popular social-media platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

To pursue opportunities in India, his association now has 140 employees in Chennai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The tech giant said none of its employees had been injured in the strikes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"We have not and do not terminate any of our employees for raising concerns," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The problem lay in the system that tracked employees as they moved through the facility.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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