3 h. ago Trump's labor chief investigated for bringing her staff to strip club as multiple employees put on leave

Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation after allegedly taking staffers to a strip club as multiple employees have been placed on leave.

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4 d. ago The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband

He had threatened her, locked her up and absconded with one of their daughters. Palmer knew she and her girls needed to escape – but it would involve huge risk and total reinventionIn the summer of 1989, Karen Palmer bought a used car for cash, filled it with belongings – some clothes, toys, one pot, one pan and a shoebox of photos – and “disappeared” with her new husband and two young daughters. She didn’t tell her mother, her friends or her neighbours where she was going. She gave no notice to her employers and landlord, leaving items out on her apartment balcony as a sign she still lived there.“I have such a clear memory of the day we left Los Angeles,” says Palmer. “It was this weird combination of fear and exhilaration, heart pounding, driving into the unknown.” Palmer was fleeing her ex-husband, Gil, the man she feared, and the father of her two daughters, Erin and Amy, then seven and three. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Workers at DC clothing outlet beloved by MAGA are not happy with famous clients: ‘Against my morals and values’

‘I have a hard time...with Karoline [Leavitt],’ an unnamed employee reportedly said

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1 week ago Cold weather: do you have to work as warnings for snow and ice in force

School closures and weather warnings could leave employees unsure of their rights ❄️

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2 w. ago How to get 53 days holiday by booking just 23 days of annual leave from work

The majority of full-time employees are legally entitled to at least 28 days’ paid annual leave each year

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce leave Arrowhead Stadium employee in tears over Christmas gift

Swift is known for her kind gestures, including giving large bonuses to her tour employees

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