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Uber, Lyft Adopt Pay Standard for Massachusetts Drivers to End Contractor Suit
Uber Technologies and Lyft on Thursday agreed to adopt a $32.50 hourly minimum pay standard for Massachusetts drivers and pay $175 million to settle a lawsuit by the state's attorney general alleging ...
Devastating Midwest Storms Highlight Lack of Flood Insurance
Rick Satterwhite's house backs up to the Missouri River, but flood insurance hadn't really seemed necessary – until this week, when he had to pump water out of his basement after a round of ...
Employee Retention Top Priority for HR, Operations: Gallagher
Stabilizing attrition rates as retention highlight organizations' top priority, according to Gallagher's 2024 U.S. Organizational Wellbeing Report. Organizations continue to rank retention as the top ...
Research Finds Businesses Fight Repeated Ransomware Attacks
Newly released research indicates that businesses face significant threat from from ransomware attacks and data exfiltration over the past 24 months, according to Halcyon, an anti-ransomware platform ...
Baldwin’s Attorneys Argue Destruction of Evidence After Testing Led to Gun Damage
Alec Baldwin's defense attorneys argued Monday that damage done during FBI testing to a revolver that killed a cinematographer on the set of the Western "Rust" has stripped them of the ability to put ...
CCC: Severe Weather Impacting Collision Repair, Auto Insurance
The auto insurance and repair industry must "adapt to new patterns and prepare for an unpredictable future," according to the Crash Course Q2 2024 report released by CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., a ...
Partnership Aims to Reduce Hurricane Damage to Vehicles
A new partnership between fintech car ownership platform Way.com and CURE Auto Insurance promises to protect cars from damaging hurricanes and tropical storms. The initiative, called the Catastrophe ...
New Federal Rule Requires Railroads to Detail Hazardous Cargo Immediately After Derailment
A new federal rule finalized Monday aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train almost immediately after a derailment so they can respond appropriately. Too ...