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Setia Alam, Nov 24 (EFE/EPA).- Top Glove's shares, the world's largest rubber glove manufacturer, fell Tuesday by 7.5 percent. Malaysia's National Security Council (NSC) announced on Monday the closure in stages of 28 Top Glove factories in the country after a spike in COVID-19 cases was detected among its workers. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF A TOP GLOVE FACTORY IN SETIA ALAM, OUTSIDE KUALA LUMPUR IN MALAYSIA.
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 17 (EFE / EPA).- Malaysian authorities carried out temperature checks Tuesday at the rubber glove manufacturing company, Top Glove, in Setia Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, after more than 200 company-related COVID-19 cases were reported.Malaysia has recorded more than 48,000 infections and 313 deaths from COVID-19 to date.(Camera: AHMAD YUSNI)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GETTING THEIR TEMPERATURE CHECKED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOP GLOVE FACILITIES IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
Business Insider reports roughly 34,000 current and former McDonald's fast-food workers in California are due a check for as much as just under $4000. McDonald's has agreed to settle with workers for a total of $26 million in a case originally filed in 2013, over wage theft by the company. Workers say the company engaged in illegal practices in various ways. McDonald's allegedly failed to pay all wages when due, failed to provide meal and rest breaks for workers, and failed to pay overtime wages or minimum wage. Workers will receive checks for an average of just over $333.
Manual labourers working in the Osaka shipyard have turned to a commercial exoskeleton in order to relieve stress on their back, increase efficiency, and stay healthier longer. The Power Assist Suit Atoun Model A, as it is snappily known, uses two high-torque AC, battery-powered motors and a sophisticated gearing system to allow users to far exceed their own strength, enabling humans to lift heavy objects all day without breaking a sweat.
This remote-controlled, wheeled robot is called Thorvald and it was designed to able to fill the gaps in British farm labor which some people anticipate when the UK finally pulls out of the EU. The four-wheeled device, which is controlled by a joystick and comes equipped with a GPS, is a modular robot created by Norwegian and British engineers to handle manual labor jobs such as picking and seeding. According to the Government’s official figures, 22,517 EU-born workers were employed in UK farms in 2015. Agriculture all over the world is going through a major technological change and Thorvald is one of many new machines out there leading the charge.
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