FRESHEST 103.5

MOST IMPORTANT STATION ON THE NET

Current track

Title

Artist

Background

offices

A year after first teasing a joint project with No I.D., Saba returns with “Back in Office,” his first official collaboration with the legendary Chicago producer. The team-up arrives alongside a music video directed by Ian Lipton, which you can watch up top. A press release says the drop “paves the way for the release of additional tracks from the […]

Dozens of UK companies may soon ditch the five-day workweek. The New York Times reports more than 70 firms are participating in a pilot program that shortens the average workweek by 20 percent. As part of the six-month trial, over 33,000 employees were given an extra day off every week without any reductions to their pay. Though some labor experts have […]

A German man can claim workers’ compensation after slipping on his way from his bedroom to his home office. The Guardian reports that a court in Germany ruled the man’s walk to his home office—consisting of “a few meters”—counts as him commuting. The man’s home office is located on the floor beneath his bedroom, and […]

The Ontario government has passed a new law that prioritizes employees’ work-life balance. Announced on Tuesday, the “Working for Workers Act” requires Ontario businesses with 25 people or more to have a written policy outlining employees’ rights when it comes to disconnecting from their job at the end of the work day. Businesses will be required to create […]

Vic Mensa has made a point to use his platform to help the disenfranchised. This led him to start the Save Money, Save Life Foundation. The nonprofit’s executive director Laundi Keepseagle told Block Club Chicago that the Save Money, Save Life Foundation was told to terminate the lease they have on their office space because their landlord was “appalled” by […]

A man reportedly broke into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s office in Queens on Saturday, according to police. Ocasio-Cortez‘s spokesman, George Tsourovakas, states that authorities have arrested Douala Hashi on suspicions that he trespassed into the representative’s office. According to reports, the building’s security systems triggered police to respond to the scene. When they arrived, the suspect sprayed a fire extinguisher to create a […]

Virgil Abloh is a busy man. In between his leadership roles at Off-White and Louis Vuitton menswear, the 38-year-old designer has been working on his first-ever jewelry line. Abloh spoke about the project in a recent interview with WWD, confirming that the inaugural release will center around the paper clip. Yes, the paper clip. Abloh will […]