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US State Department says the employee was slapped with an exit ban while visiting the country in a ‘personal capacity’.A United States government employee has…
Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the…
Tyler Perry’s accuser, Derek Dixon, speaks on sexual harassment suit
Derek Dixon, the actor who raised allegations of sexual harassment against Tyler Perry, has broken his silence after suing the producer and media mogul for…
State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The U.S. State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan from the Trump administration…
Ye’s ex-assistant details alleged sex trafficking, assault, stalking
Ye, the vitriolic rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is facing a new round of controversy involving fresh allegations from an ex-assistant including sex trafficking,…
Contributor: What Congress needs to know about DEI (but doesn’t want to hear)
The House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing recently about diversity, equity and inclusion. Fewer than five of the 90…
‘Beyond diabolical’ – Boss sparks fury over shocking texts to employee about her maternity leave
A BOSS has been branded as being “beyond diabolical” over the text messages they sent to an employee regarding her maternity leave.Ben Askins, a UK…
‘Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel’ reveals man behind company
American Apparel’s billboards were hard to miss when traversing Los Angeles in the 2000s. The ubiquitous ads for the L.A.-based clothing company featured gritty, amateurish…
Warner Music Group announces layoffs, larger restructuring plan
Warner Music Group will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of a months-long restructuring plan to cut costs, Chief Executive Robert Kyncl…
Protesters are chasing federal agents out of L.A. County hotels
At Pasadena’s AC Hotel earlier this month, dozens of protesters gathered in an effort to confront federal agents who had arrived in town amid demonstrations…
Why Hollywood studios are still downsizing
Hollywood’s workforce just needed to “survive ’til ’25.” That was last year’s hopeful mantra for entertainment industry pros battered by layoffs and limited film and…
Justices rule discrimination laws protect all, even majority groups
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the nation’s anti-discrimination laws apply equally to all employees, regardless of whether those complaining of bias are white or…
Vietnamese American salon owners sue California for discrimination
Several Vietnamese American-owned nail salons in Orange County have sued California, alleging the state’s labor code is discriminating against their businesses.The lawsuit, filed in U.S.…
Disney to cut hundreds of employees in latest round of layoffs
Walt Disney Co. launched another deep round of layoffs on Monday, notifying several hundred Disney employees in the U.S. and abroad that their jobs were…
She ran the L.A. animal shelters. Why couldn’t she fix the problems?
Staycee Dains was about a month into her job overseeing the Los Angeles city animal shelters when an employee openly defied her. Dains asked the…
How Rob Pyers went from laid-off drugstore employee to one of California’s campaign finance experts
On an afternoon in mid-December, Rob Pyers notices something amiss. It’s months after the grueling 2016 election, a quiet time when consultants and candidates are…
FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips
WASHINGTON — For the second time in recent months, the Food and Drug Administration is bringing back some recently fired employees, including staffers who handle travel bookings…
A Times investigation: LAFD union head made $540,000 in a year, with huge overtime payouts
Long before the devastating fire in Pacific Palisades, leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union complained that the agency did not have enough…
Fired Disney employee sentenced to prison for hacking restaurant menus
A fired Disney employee, who hacked into the company’s internal system and changed allergen information on restaurant menus while adding profanities, has been sentenced to…
Veterans Affairs asks employees to report ‘anti-Christian bias’ for investigation by new task force
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is establishing a task force to investigate employee reports of alleged anti-Christian bias among their colleagues, part of a broader…