At the end of last year, when most companies were winding down for the holidays, London employment lawyer Darren Isaacs found himself surprisingly busy. New inquiries continued to come in from companies with the same problem: When managers raised concerns about employee performance, employees revealed various neurological conditions that might help explain the problem.The cases all shared similar traits – employees were mentioning conditions such as autism and ADHD for the first time once they had been placed on some form of performance management plan or were facing dismissal, and none of them were able to back up their claims…
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S Iswaran, Singapore's Transport Minister, leaves the Singapore State Courts in Singapore, Thursday, January 18, 2024. Iswaran has been charged with corruption, the latest development in the biggest political scandal to hit the city-state in nearly four decades. Photographer: Uri Hoying/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe court on Monday charged former Transport Minister S Iswaran with eight additional charges, bringing the total number of charges against him to 35.The former minister returned from a court-approved trip to Australia last week, after his trip was extended due to a bout of illness.In January, Iswaran was charged with 27…
At least one person was rescued from the Los Angeles River as a fast-moving storm swept through Southern California on Sunday, bringing hail, rain and thunder to the region. Rescuers were called to the river near Whitsett Street in Studio City around 5 p.m. after a 35-year-old woman was found in “less than knee-deep” water, according to Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The water was moving at about 15 mph, he said, and continued to sweep the woman downstream even after crews threw her a flotation device and lowered a 24-foot wooden ladder. She was…
Editorial image of the flag of Japan against a graph of economic trend and images related to the stock market, finance and digital technology.Manasanant Bamai | iStock | Getty ImagesThe total value of private equity deals in the Asia-Pacific region fell last year to its lowest levels since 2014, as fundraising fell to a 10-year low amid slowing growth, rising interest rates and volatile public markets, according to management consulting firm Bain & Company.However, Japan was an outlier, with deal values jumping 183% in 2023 from the previous year, making it the largest private equity market in the Asia-Pacific region…
Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK Government intends to launch a “national endeavour” to strengthen the country’s nuclear deterrent, including promising to invest more than £760 million in industry over the next six years in vital skills and infrastructure.Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, will also on Monday announce a separate £200m investment in a “transformation fund” for Barrow-in-Furness, the Cumbrian town where BAE Systems builds Britain’s nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy. Barrow has suffered from health inequalities, poor housing and some of the most deprived…
NBC News employees are upset about the network's hiring of former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, and one of them told viewers so on Sunday.Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd, who appeared on the show's roundtable, told his successor, Kristen Welker, that “there's a reason a lot of journalists at NBC News were uncomfortable” with the decision to make McDaniel a paid contributor to “Meet thePress”. network. McDaniel, 50, resigned from her role as GOP chair on February 26, and was replaced by attorney Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald…
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly magazine A newsletter dedicated to everything related to transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights about the future of transportation. Before we move into the startup and tech battle, I wanted to touch on some of the activity happening on the Hill – Capitol Hill. The Biden administration has released two new (and separate) proposed standards – via the Department of Energy (DOE) and the EPA –…
If you're taking a trip for spring break, be prepared to pay a little more at the pump.As of Sunday, the national average for a California gallon of regular gas was $4.986, up about eight cents from last week and up about 35 cents from the average a month ago, according to the American Automobile Assn.Drivers in Los Angeles County face higher rates, averaging $5,035. Across Southern California, Ventura County's average prices are slightly higher at $5,051, with San Bernardino County drivers and Orange County drivers seeing average prices just under $5 per gallon.What contributes to these high prices? Crude…
Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.British MPs will be put on alert on Monday in anticipation of the threat of cyber attacks launched by Beijing ahead of the general elections in the United Kingdom this year, after a number of China hawks were targeted in Westminster.Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, will brief MPs on the cyber threat coming from China, and is expected to announce retaliations, including possible sanctions, according to government insiders.The news comes as another Chinese company is considering investing in a huge new…
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after voting at a polling station at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Entertainment Center on March 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Rydell | Getty ImagesDonald Trump faces serious risk that New York's attorney general will begin trying to collect on a $454 million civil commercial fraud judgment against him on Monday unless an appeals court gives the former president a last-minute reprieve.Trump's son Eric, one of the defendants in the fraud case, accused Attorney General Letitia James on Sunday of trying to bankrupt his father with the ruling.Donald Trump's…