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Tech Revenues surpass $1bn at WorkhumanCompany reported a 29% rise in turnover as directors declare and pay a $34 m dividend for shareholders
Legal Workhuman legal row: London investor denies allegations of conspiracy to cause damage ICG - which holds a 10 per cent stake in the Irish tech unicorn - says the row has been falsely depicted as ‘some form of conspiracy’
Legal Workhuman set for legal battle over alleged blocking of ‘transformative’ acquisitionIrish unicorn alleges in court documents that a London-based investor is blocking a potential deal involving a competitor
Employment Workhuman ex-employee says she was victim of ‘personal vendetta’Liz Keating claims she was made redundant from ‘wrong role’ in tech company, ‘without clear justification’, but firm denies allegations
Companies New Workhuman financial chief says it was a ‘no brainer’ to join The US-based investor and lawyer started last week after predecessor quit after company suffered an ‘abysmal’ quarter
Big Read The great return: Big Tech firms wave goodbye to fully remote workingMultinationals are tightening up flexible work policies brought in during pandemic and asking employees to come back to the office more regularly
Tech Irish ‘big tech’ workers are taking training courses in how to unioniseWorkers at Google, Stripe and Indeed are taking training courses in how to fight for trade union recognition
Post Script Post Script: Ryanair spends social currency, Workhuman battles ‘low’ staff moraleThe Business Post team takes a look at the scenes behind the stories
BP Exclusive Financial chief quits troubled Irish tech unicorn WorkhumanAmerican finance expert Scott Dussault has left the company, which recently laid off around 10 per cent of its 1,300 workers and froze staff pay
Tech Survivor’s guilt: As Big Tech downsizes, workers left behind try to pick up the piecesMuch of the focus during recent swingeing tech cuts has been on workers who have been laid off – but things aren’t straightforward for those remaining in their roles, with some companies even running ‘grief sessions’ to try and help
Companies Workhuman announces new HR boss amid job cut controversy The Irish tech unicorn has recently come under fire over how it handled 60 lay offs at its Dublin office
BP Exclusive Workhuman boss says ‘small few’ staff are trying to hurt firm, defends handling of job cutsEric Mosley says a small number of laid-off workers are attempting to hurt the company’s brand ‘as much as possible’, and calls reporting by the Business Post ‘savage’
Tech Workhuman chief advises managers to build ‘human’ workplace As his own former employees fear for their future and contemplate their severance deals, the tech boss has again been offering HR tips in Forbes
BP Exclusive Workhuman hosts Caribbean cruise for select staff while others face redundancyInternal documents reveal that the Irish tech unicorn hosted a week-long trip for its so-called ‘President’s Club’ less than two weeks after confirming plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce
Employment Coveney should ask Workhuman to restart ‘fatally flawed’ redundancy process, union saysFinancial Services Union says layoff process at Irish tech unicorn should be rerun after some staff were emailed information relating to severance packages during the 30-day consultation period
Tech Workhuman staff ask for ‘more human approach’ in redundancy processSome employees are planning to complain to the WRC over how the tech unicorn has handled the process of cutting jobs at its Dublin office while staff affected are also seeking better severance packages
BP Exclusive Workhuman staff to lodge formal complaint against firm to WRCEmployees claim that the Irish tech unicorn committed an offence by issuing some staff with notices of redundancy before the end of obligatory 30-day consultation period
Jobs Irish tech unicorn Workhuman cutting 10% of global workforceStaff at the company’s Dublin arm were told not to attend office but have not been told how many jobs are being cut here or what roles will be impacted
Tech Workhuman reports record gross revenues of $876 millionThe tech unicorn is to spend €2.8 million on a top-notch modern facility in Dublin
