Apple has reached a contract agreement with unionized US retail employees for the first time Workers in Towson, Maryland will vote on the tentative agreement next month. cheyenne macdonald Sun, Jul 28, 2024 IAM CORE Apple and the unionized employees at its Towson, Maryland retail store have reached a tentative agreement that could … Continue reading Apple has reached a contract agreement with unionized US retail employees for the first time
Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers The money will be split among 700 laborers. Lawrence Bonk Fri, Feb 23, 2024 jokuephotography via Getty Images Amazon will pay out $1.9 million to more than 700 migrant workers to settle claims of human rights abuses following exploitative … Continue reading Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement Lawrence Bonk A Canadian judge has ruled that the popular “thumbs-up” emoji not only can be used as a contract agreement, but is just as valid as an actual signature. The Saskatchewan-based judge made the ruling on the grounds that the courts … Continue reading Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement
Twitter warns employees that layoffs are happening Friday The cuts come only a week after Elon Musk took over the company. K. Holt @krisholt Carlos Barria / reuters Twitter will reportedly begin laying off workers on Friday, only a week after Elon Musk officially took control of the website. Around half of the company’s … Continue reading Twitter reportedly cuts 4,400 contract workers following mass layoffs
Google Employee Who Protested A Contract With Israel Resigns by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 30, 2022 Ariel Koren — a product marketing manager for Google for Education who has worked for the Alphabet company for seven years — wrote a memo to colleagues announcing her plan to leave Google at the end of the week. Ariel, … Continue reading Google Employee Who Protested A Contract With Israel Resigns After Being Forced To Relocate
Martech contracts can raise thorny issues. Here are some to look out for. Steve Petersen on August 10, 2022 Having worked at several organizations and dealt with many more vendors, I’ve seen my share of client-vendor relationships and their associated “gotchas.” Contracts are complex for a reason. That’s why martech practitioners are wise to lean … Continue reading 6 martech contract gotchas to be aware of
Plus 15 questions to ask customer references, preferably in a business similar to your own. Kim Davis on July 29, 2022 Most B2B marketing organizations today practice some kind of account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. At its most basic, that means investing marketing and sales resources in guiding high value accounts through the journey to conversion. … Continue reading 24 questions to ask ABM vendors before signing the contract
Contract Management: How to Improve Your Processes Deanna Ritchie / 20 May 2022 Contract management is an essential part of most businesses, responsible for helping companies draft arrangements, form partnerships, and more. However, you could lose money without the right tools and processes in your contract management strategy or, worse, face legal trouble. So … Continue reading Contract Management: How to Improve Your Processes
David Parks July 21, 2021 In my earlier blogs, I’ve laid out the importance of contracts to overall digital transformation initiatives, how to identify, assess and mitigate risks in contracts, as well as contract lifecycle management KPIs that are key to track. Now I’d like to highlight some of the top best practices my company … Continue reading 10 Best Practices for Contract Lifecycle Management
David Parks April 14, 2021 In earlier blogs, I discussed the importance of budgeting for modern contract management, as well as the basics of identifying, assessing and mitigating risks in contracts. While these pieces talked about the importance of looking at the entire contract management lifecycle and the foundational nature of contracts to businesses, I’d … Continue reading Back to Basics: The Different Phases of Contract Management
