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  2. Labor spying in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Spying by companies on union activities has been illegal in the United States since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. However, non-union monitoring of employee activities while at work is perfectly legal and, according to the American Management Association, nearly 80% of major US companies actively monitor their employees.

  3. Student loans and grants in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Higher Education Act 2004. The Higher Education Act 2004 increased tuition fees from £1,000 to a maximum of £3,000. By the 2005/6 academic year, the SLC was providing £2.79 billion in loans to 1,080,000 students. Those starting university in 2006 were the first to pay £3000 a year rather than £1000.

  4. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon (/ ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /, AM-ə-zon; UK also / ˈ æ m ə z ə n /, AM-ə-zən), is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

  5. Federal Insurance Contributions Act - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Insurance Contributions Act ( FICA / ˈfaɪkə /) is a United States federal payroll (or employment) tax payable by both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare [1] —federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, people with disabilities, and children of deceased workers.

  6. WhatsApp - Wikipedia

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    WhatsApp was founded in February 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former employees of Yahoo! A month earlier, after Koum purchased an iPhone, he and Acton decided to create an app for the App Store. The idea started off as an app that would display statuses in a phone's Contacts menu, showing if a person was at work or on a call.

  7. Delta Air Lines - Wikipedia

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    Delta Global Staffing provided contract workers for short and long term assignments, VMS partnering, VOP on-site management, temp-to-hire, direct placements, and payroll services. DGS services markets such as call centers, customer services and administrative placements, IT & professional recruiting, logistics, finance & accounting, hospitality ...

  8. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Service ( USPS ), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U.S., its insular areas, and its associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly ...

  9. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. [1] [2] The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills; those that are also passed by the Senate ...