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Amazon avoids paying warehouse workers for long waits and walks, practices that affect thousands — CNET

Giant employers routinely ask workers to engage in time-consuming tasks like after-shift bag searches but don't pay them because the activity isn't productive for the company, writes Laura Hautala. 

Oakland’s airport is selling Covid-19 tests in vending machines — CNN

It is the first US airport to offer Covid-19 tests in vending machines, according to a press release from the airport, writes David Williams. Here...

Amazon offers to help Biden administration with COVID vaccine efforts — Axios

Amazon's worldwide consumer CEO Dave Clark has offered to help the Biden administration with its coronavirus vaccination goals by mobilizing efforts to inoculate its...

Walmart abandons plan to have robots check store inventories — Engadget

The retail giant found the humans could do just as good a job, writes Steve Dent. Here is the link: https://www.engadget.com/walmart-abandons-plan-to-have-robots-check-inventories-112907958.html

Microsoft is letting more employees work from home permanently — The Verge

Microsoft is allowing more of its employees to work from home permanently, the company announced Friday, writes Tom Warren. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/9/21508964/microsoft-remote-work-from-home-covid-19-coronavirus