Category: Louise Ridley

Mass layoffs including workers who are pregnant or on parental leave may seem unfair, but it’s not illegal in the...

Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Employees, FMLA, Labor rights, Law, Layoffs, Louise Ridley, Maternity Leave, News, Parental Leave, Tech, Tech Insider, Tech layoffs, Trending UK, Workers Rights 0

Labor lawyers told Insider that people who are pregnant or on FMLA leave aren’t automatically protected from mass layoffs. Izusek/Getty Images Critics have slammed some companies for laying off US workers on parental leave in recent months. But staff on protected leave aren’t immune from mass layoffs, labor lawyers told Insider. It can be discriminatory, but only if companies target employees because of their leave…

I tried Subway’s new plant-based teriyaki-steak sandwich. The texture was great and it cost the same as the meat version.

Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Features, Louise Ridley, plant-based, plant-based meat, Retail, Reviews, Subway, Trending UK, Vegan, vegan food, Weekend BI UK Feature 0

The Vegetarian Butcher is supplying the plant-based steak for the Subway sandwich. Grace Dean/Insider Subway UK rolled out a teriyaki-steak sandwich with a plant-based version as well as a meat one. I tried the fake steak which is made by The Vegetarian Butcher, a Unilever-owned brand. The meat and plant versions cost the same which suggests a desire to make meat alternatives mainstream. Subway rolled…

A $400 sweater tricks facial-recognition cameras into thinking you’re a zebra or a giraffe to protect your privateness, its maker...

Newsbreak 1 month ago in AI, Around The World, Facial Recognition, Fashion, Features, Louise Ridley, News, Retail, Software, Surveillance, Tech Insider, Technology, Weekend BI UK Feature 0

The Manifesto Collection was designed to spotlight the value of privateness. Cap-able An Italian startup has created a clothes line that aims to trick facial-recognition cameras. It makes use of patterns created by algorithms to idiot cameras into thinking the wearer will not be human. The garments could make you look like a giraffe, zebra, or canine in the eyes of surveillance cameras. Facial-recognition expertise…

I worked as a paralegal by day and had a secret side hustle as a stripper by night time. I...

Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Careers, Legal Industry, Louise Ridley, News, Sex Worker, Side-Hustle, Strippers, Weekend BI UK Feature 0

Raven Inferno worked as each a paralegal and a stripper from 2016 to 2019. Raven Inferno Raven Inferno spent three years working as each a paralegal and a stripper to afford her own residence. She earned as much as $300 a night time when she stripped on weekends. “I’d work on contract litigation by day and give lap dances at night,” she said. This as-told-to…

I sell porn stars’ breast implants, lingerie, bodily fluids, and other items — even their bath water. No request is...

Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Careers, Fetish, Lola Christina Alao, Louise Ridley, News, OnlyFans, Porn stars, Weekend BI UK Feature 0

Fans Utopia sells fetish items from a roster of over 30 performers. Natasha Root Natasha Root arrange an organization to sell porn stars’ items like breast implants, lingerie, and socks. Fans Utopia sells items from over 30 porn stars and SolelyFans creators, even underwear with urine. “No request is off limits. The most bizarre requests have a lot of detail,” she said.  This as-told-to essay…

Gen Zers say they’re rejecting job offers over a company’s climate credentials, survey finds

Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Careers, Climate Change, climate justice, Employment, Future of Work, gen z, jobs, Louise Ridley, Weekend BI UK Feature 0

Younger staff are more more likely to prioritize their company’s ecological commitments, a KPMG survey discovered. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images One-third of Gen Zers in a survey said they wished jobs aligned with their environmental values. In the KPMG ballot, 92% said they wished “values and purpose” from a firm. But it “sometimes feels like you can’t afford to be picky,” one job hunter told Insider. One-third…