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- Blizzard employees strongly support punishing HK advocate, censorship – survey https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/10/blizzard-hong-kong-protest-hearthstone-blind-app.html 60 comments
- Just out of Saudi Arabia: Secretly recorded footage showing the moment Saudi police storms a girls orphanage in Khamis Mushait to punish striking female employees, who had previously demanded their worker rights & rights within society. https://statefirstnews.com/2022/08/30/update-today-just-out-of-saudi-arabiasecretly-recorded-footage-showing-the-moment-saudi-police-storms-a-girls-orphanage-in-khamis-mushait-to-punish-striking-female-employees-who-had-previously-d/ 25 comments worldnews
- Ex-Trump Official Was Finally Punished Under the Hatch Act. Who’s Next? The Hatch Act, a law barring most federal employees from engaging in political activities at work, was a joke in the Trump era. Now that Biden's in charge, that fun is cancelled. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-official-was-finally-punished-under-the-hatch-act-whos-next?ref=wrap 39 comments politics
- European lawmakers seek to outlaw punishing employees who log off after work hours https://thehill.com/policy/international/535260-european-lawmakers-seek-to-outlaw-punishing-employees-who-log-off-after?amp&__twitter_impression=true 7 comments europe
- Jail Employees Face Charges After Using ‘Baby Shark’ Song to Punish Inmates https://outsider.com/news/oklahoma-jail-employees-face-charges-after-baby-shark-song-used-to-punish-inmates/ 3 comments nottheonion
- 3 Oklahoma jail employees charged after playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat to punish inmates https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/3-oklahoma-jail-employees-charged-after-playing-baby-shark-on-repeat-to-punish-inmates/ 10 comments nottheonion
- Trump threatens to punish federal employees teaching critical race theory and unconscious bias. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/donald-trump-diversity-training/index.html 8 comments politics
- [Stellini] Manfred says that the employees who came up with Codebreaker were "junior" employees who were under player pressure and didn't have proper guidance from the field manager or GM, and that MLB "didn't know enough" about the Astros org to decide to punish them. https://twitter.com/stellinitweets/status/1229165856095133698?s=21 11 comments baseball
- Is the FBI Punishing Employees for Their Political Views? Let’s Find Out https://www.lawfareblog.com/fbi-punishing-employees-their-political-views-lets-find-out 19 comments politics
- Some Blizzard employees reportedly walked out to protest the punishment of a 'Hearthstone' competitor who spoke up in support of the Hong Kong protests https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-employees-stage-walkout-hong-kong-protests-blitzchung-2019-10 38 comments technology
- Blizzard is under scrutiny from lawmakers, gamers, and maybe even its own employees after punishing a 'Hearthstone' competitor who voiced his support for protesters in Hong Kong https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-blitzchung-hong-kong-china-hearthstone-boycott-outrage-2019-10 8 comments politics
- Blizzard is under fire from lawmakers, gamers, and maybe even its own employees after punishing a 'Hearthstone' competitor who voiced his support for protesters in Hong Kong https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-blitzchung-hong-kong-china-hearthstone-boycott-outrage-2019-10 7 comments worldnews
- Blizzard is under fire from lawmakers, gamers, and maybe even its own employees after punishing a 'Hearthstone' competitor who voiced his support for protesters in Hong Kong https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-blitzchung-hong-kong-china-hearthstone-boycott-outrage-2019-10 764 comments technology
- Japan city employee punished for leaving work 5 min. early 147 times https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190629/p2a/00m/0na/014000c 3 comments nottheonion
- Google employees who helped organize a global employee protest in November are now saying the company is punishing them for their activism. https://www.vox.com/2019/4/23/18512542/google-employee-walkout-organizers-claim-retaliation 258 comments worldnews
- Two Google employees say management is punishing them for organizing walkout https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/23/18512413/google-employees-walkout-organizers-retaliation-punishment 52 comments technology
- Footage of a Chinese company’s brutal punishment for its under-performing employees has gone viral, after female workers were forced to crawl on all-fours down a busy road. https://www.iradio.ie/boss-brutal-punishment-for-workers-who-didnt-meet-targets/ 7 comments worldnews
- Chinese phone maker Huawei punishes employees for iPhone tweet blunder https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-iphone/chinese-phone-maker-huawei-punishes-employees-for-iphone-tweet-blunder-iduskcn1oy0b2?utm_campaign=fullarticle&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=inshorts 5 comments technology
- Huawei punishes employees for iPhone tweet blunder https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-iphone/chinese-phone-maker-huawei-punishes-employees-for-iphone-tweet-blunder-iduskcn1oy0b2 30 comments apple
- Chinese companies are threatening to punish employees caught using Apple products https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/11/business/huawei-apple-china-tech-us/index.html 120 comments apple
- Japan’s commitment to addressing dismal record on work-life balance called into question after civil servant punished for “habitually” slipping away from desk a few minutes early to buy bento lunch. Managers called TV news conference and bowed in apology at employee’s ‘deeply regrettable’ actions. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/japanese-worker-punished-for-starting-lunch-three-minutes-early 758 comments worldnews
- Ben Carson punished employee who wouldn't give $5,000 for office chair https://www.salon.com/2018/02/27/ben-carson-punished-employee-who-wouldnt-give-5000-for-office-chair-report/ 112 comments politics
- 'Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal': Employees say Whole Foods is using 'scorecards' to punish them http://latest.news.kirkville.com/news/seeing-someone-cry-at-work-is-becoming-normal-employees-say-whole-foods-is-using-scorecards-to-punish-them 69 comments nottheonion
- 'Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal': Employees say Whole Foods is using 'scorecards' to punish them http://www.businessinsider.com/how-whole-foods-uses-scorecards-to-punish-employees-2018-1 133 comments business
- 'I just don't call out sick anymore at all': New report says Walmart punishes employees for taking sick days http://www.businessinsider.com/advocacy-group-report-walmart-punishes-employees-sick-days-2017-6 9 comments politics
- Chinese company makes underperforming employees eat live worms as punishment http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-company-makes-underperforming-employees-eat-live-worms-as-punishment 5 comments worldnews
- Ex-Wells Fargo Employees Sue, Allege They Were Punished For Not Breaking Law http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/26/495454165/ex-wells-fargo-employees-sue-allege-they-were-punished-for-not-breaking-law 5 comments nottheonion
- Chipotle Broke the Law by Firing Employee Who Circulated Petition: "The National Labor Relations Board has come down hard on Chipotle for punishing a Pennsylvania employee who openly criticized the company." http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/08/chipotle-broke-the-law-by-firing-upset-employee.html 119 comments politics
- Forty-One Secret Service Employees Punished For Illegally Accessing Congressman's Private Data In Hopes Of Discrediting Him https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160604/13455634625/forty-one-secret-service-employees-punished-illegally-accessing-congressmans-private-data-hopes-discrediting-him.shtml 19 comments technology
- Forty-One Secret Service Employees Punished For Illegally Accessing Congressman's Private Data In Hopes Of Discrediting Him https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160604/13455634625/forty-one-secret-service-employees-punished-illegally-accessing-congressmans-private-data-hopes-discrediting-him.shtml 5 comments politics
- Family detention social worker speaks out - "Former employee says center in Karnes, Texas, isolated mothers and children in medical unit as punishment" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article28696174.html 4 comments politics
- Ex-CIA Operative Says Prison Was Punishment for Whistleblowing on Torture | John Kiriakou is the only CIA employee connected to its interrogation program to go to prison. But he was prosecuted for providing info to reporters, not for actions that today’s Senate Intel Committee report calls “torture” http://abcnews.go.com/international/cia-operative-prison-punishment-whistleblowing-torture/story?id=27474359 129 comments worldnews
- Ex-CIA Operative Says Prison Was Punishment for Whistleblowing on Torture | John Kiriakou is the only CIA employee connected to its interrogation program to go to prison. But he was prosecuted for providing info to reporters, not for actions that today’s Senate Intel Committee report calls “torture” http://abcnews.go.com/international/cia-operative-prison-punishment-whistleblowing-torture/story?id=27474359 18 comments politics
- "S1337 would make it a crime, punishable by imprisonment, to simply photograph or videotape abusive, unsanitary or otherwise unethical activity on a farm. Even employees and journalists who take photos or video to document misconduct on farms could face criminal prosecution." http://www.idahopress.com/members/ag-gag-bill-would-enable-animal-cruelty-to-go-unchecked/article_13aa3c72-9451-11e3-af4c-001a4bcf887a.html 171 comments politics
- 5 CEOs Who Are Punishing Employees For Obama’s Re-Election http://www.nationalmemo.com/5-ceos-who-are-punishing-employees-for-obamas-re-election/ 132 comments politics
- WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday gave final congressional approval for a bill that would significantly expand protections for federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse and make it easier to punish supervisors who try to retaliate against the whistle-blowers. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/521/3118344/congress-expands-whistleblower-protections-in-bill 5 comments politics
- Detroit paramedic: I'm being punished for giving man a blanket. Detroit City Fire Department paramedic gave a blanket to a man saved from a house fire. "Top brass tell us employees must have permission to hand out "department property" " http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19788029/detroit-paramedic-im-being-punished-for-giving-cold-man-a-blanket 4 comments politics
- The 12-year-old was punished for statements she made on her Facebook account after being pressured to divulge her password; she was "intimidated, frightened, humiliated and sobbing while she was detained in the small school room" as school employees pored over her private communications. http://us.cnn.com/2012/03/10/us/minnesota-student-privacy/index.html 1162 comments technology
- If cities are creating incentives to pull in high-paying jobs, why are there no punishments for businesses that exploit their employees during bad job markets? http://www.wpmobserver.com/news/2011/feb/09/get-money-stay/ 4 comments politics
- Kasich (R-OH): You strike, you get punished - Governor against public employees' right to walk out http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/11/copy/kasich-you-strike-you-get-punished.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 3 comments politics