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workplace

[wurk-plays] / ˈwɜrkˈpleɪs /


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South Korean activists campaigning for workplace safety in the nation's booming semiconductor industry called on the government on Wednesday to recognise the cancer diagnoses of three former SK hynix employees as work-related illnesses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

You are in your late 50s — your peak earning years — and you have the benefit of workplace health-insurance plans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

But Louise Rudd, a senior adviser at the workplace advice and conciliation service Acas, says there are no regulations that prevent employers from asking interviewees about their current salary, or their salary expectations.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some retirees seem to keep closets full of new outfits, as if maintaining workplace identities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is hard to imagine any other function for workplace authoritarianism.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

These products are routinely applied in homes and workplaces for surface cleaning and disinfection to reduce the presence of viruses and bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Chants of: "Defend workplaces", "Time for rules", and "Don't wait, regulate" played on loudspeakers as the robots -- which ranged from bipedal humanoids to dog-like quadripeds -- demonstrated.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Cleare says workplaces can help by making examples of fathers taking paternity leave, not just offering it, and by setting expectations around when employees are contactable, and supporting career conversations for women.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

With workplaces awash in AI slop, companies say they are finding that just pushing workers to use the technology isn’t enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Fathers had come running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses with no indication of where their families had gone.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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