Thirty-eight Filipino workers allege they were trapped in Qatar and forced by contractors or subcontractors to work long hours on soccer event projects managed by the company.
Jacobs says planned spinoff continues of its Critical Mission Solutions business, which employs 16,000 of its 60,000 employees, but KBR said on Aug. 21 that a rumored purchase "does not align with ... its capital deployment and strategic priorities and thus is not being pursued.”
President and COO Bob Pragada steps up to chief executive role while Steve Demetriou, who made key transformational changes at $14B industry giant, moves to board executive chair