Category: Trucking News

Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax On Amazon and Large Employers

Under pressure from businesses and homeowners, the Seattle City Council is poised to repeal a tax on large employers like Amazon.com Inc. less than a month after it passed the tax unanimously. The council said it will hold a vote Tuesday and signaled it would reverse its earlier move. The tax of $275 per employee — called a head tax — was expected to raise almost $50 million a year for homeless services and affordable housing, and the ensuing debate exposed a schism in the city over who's responsible for the city's swelling homeless population.


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Microsoft Judge Sees ‘Fatal’ Flaw in Women’s Group Bias Case

Microsoft Corp. women engineers seeking to pursue gender-discrimination claims as a group were told by a judge there may be a “fatal'' flaw in their case. A 2011 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court requires plaintiffs to point to a common corporate policy or action that affected the women adversely, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said Monday at a hearing in Seattle about whether to let the case proceed as a class action. Applying that contention to the legal standard set by the Supreme Court is “fatal to your class,'' Robart said.


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