Ex-employees of Microsoft say 2013 breach was downplayed | US anti-immigrant policies help Mexico, Canada attract tech startups | Appeals court upholds $900K award for worker fired after crash
Reuters reports that five former Microsoft employees say the company experienced an intrusion into its secret internal bug-tracking database in 2013. The company did not advise the public of the extent of the breach, the former employees said, noting that Microsoft strengthened security and implemented two-factor authentication after the incident.
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Mexico and Canada are stepping up their efforts to attract tech startups and highly qualified tech workers, taking advantage of US President Donald Trump's efforts to curb immigration. A group recruiting entrepreneurs in Guadalajara, Mexico, expects to have 10 new startups up and running in the area by the end of the year and is working to add 60 more.
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Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced a deal to stabilize the individual insurance market by funding cost-sharing reduction payments through 2019, giving states more flexibility to skirt certain Affordable Care Act requirements, allowing consumers over age 30 to purchase copper plans, and providing $106 million to support ACA enrollment. However, the proposal garnered mixed messages from President Donald Trump, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not said whether he will allow a vote, and some Republicans said they oppose it.
Students who complete occupational programs often secure high-paying jobs in in-demand fields, asserts James Rosenbaum, professor of sociology, education and social policy, and research fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. In this commentary, he calls for the elimination of the "SAT rat race" and writes that the focus on higher education should extend beyond bachelor's degrees.
Future HR directors will create a workplace atmosphere that engages millennial employees, helps workers collaborate and treats them like customers, according to a Unispace survey of HR directors. "This is reflective of a change in perspective from 'human resources' to responsibility for the employee life cycle and experience," said Simon Pole, global design director for Unispace.
