In Canada, a man became the first in the nation to receive monetary compensation for a COVID vaccine injury. Likewise, two weeks ago, a woman whose partner died after getting the AstraZeneca vaccine became the first person in her country to receive compensation over a COVID vaccine death. And so, because of these cases, as…

Ottawa has signed a $20 billion final settlement agreement to compensate First Nations children and families after a tribunal ruled that it has underfunded child welfare payments on reserves. In January, the federal government, the Assembly of First Nations, and plaintiffs in two class−action lawsuits reached an agreement-in-principle, in which the government committed to compensate…

Microsoft Corp. looks to “nearly double” its budget for employee salary increases and boost the range of stock compensation for some workers by at least 25 percent, to retain staff and help people manage inflation, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft had 181,000 employees as of June 30, 2021. The move will primarily cater to “early to mid-career employees.”…

LUXEMBOURG—The world’s No. 1 logistics company, United Parcel Service Inc, on Wednesday lost its court fight for a record 1.74-billion euro ($2 billion) compensation claim from EU antitrust regulators for blocking its 2013 bid for Dutch rival TNT. A win for UPS could encourage other companies to take similar action though EU merger vetoes are…

Northern Powergrid, a UK electrical distribution company, has thanked customers for not cashing out trillion-pound checks the firm had mistakenly sent as compensation for power cuts. In November last year, heavy storms swept across the UK that left thousands of people without power. As compensation, 74 customers received checks worth trillions of dollars, amounts that…

The Post Office has offered compensation to 777 of the 2,500 postmasters who applied for compensation over a 20-year scandal that saw some of them serve prison sentences. Its chief executive, Nick Read, told MPs on Tuesday that he hopes that lawyers and staff working on the case can make offers to the all but…

More than 140,000 Amazon drivers will receive nearly $60 million in withheld tips after the company reached a settlement with the the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday. The funds will serve as reimbursement for tips that Amazon allegedly illegally withheld from drivers over a two-and-a-half year period between 2016 and 2019, the FTC said in a…

A top performer just resigned out of nowhere, and you are now at a loss. What might be the reason for it? And how will this impact the rest of the employees? With that happening, you will have to lean on your other employees, making them take on more responsibility. In the meantime, you will…

Dairy farmers who sold their products at abnormally low prices due to pandemic-related market volatility will be eligible for compensation under a $350 million federal program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA announced details of the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program in an Aug. 19 press release, with the scheme designed to help smaller…

Angela Marie Wulbrecht jumped at the first chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine, driving three hours from her Santa Rosa, California, home to a mass-vaccination site on Jan. 19. Twelve minutes after her Moderna shot, she stumbled into the paramedic tent with soaring blood pressure and a racing heartbeat. And so began a calvary of…