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Worry and stress have increased in China amid the economic downturn, most notably among rural Chinese. Source:: Gallup U.S. Economy Newsfeed
Continue reading …India – Labour Ministry launches career portal
24/02/2016 Comments Off on India – Labour Ministry launches career portalBy memberservices@staffingindustry.com (Danny Romero) The Indian Labour Ministry has launched a new career portal, National Career Service, and signed eight Memoranda of Understanding with employment and career companies. The aim of the NCS portal is to open opportunities for millions of job seekers and provide a database of authentic jobseekers. Minister of Labour Bandaru Dattatreya, […]
Continue reading …Australia – Workers choose flexible schedule over increased pay
24/02/2016 Comments Off on Australia – Workers choose flexible schedule over increased payBy memberservices@staffingindustry.com (Danny Romero) Australian workers are choosing flexibility over pay when it comes to looking for jobs, according to a study by Airtasker, an Australian-based outsourcing company. The study surveyed 1,002 Australians, with 81.5% agreeing that the traditional 9-to-5 employment model was inflexible – a rise from the 76.4% who agreed with the statement […]
Continue reading …Arrest for selling drugs did not cut off damages in disability failure-to-hire case
24/02/2016 Comments Off on Arrest for selling drugs did not cut off damages in disability failure-to-hire caseBy Joy Waltemath By Dave Strausfeld, J.D. Because a rejected job applicant was subsequently arrested for selling drugs, the Department of Sanitation requested that any damages recoverable in his action for disability discrimination be “cut off” after the date he was arrested, given that his arrest would have led him to be fired. Rejecting this […]
Continue reading …6th Circuit tosses $763K award to U.S. where electricians underpaid $10K in Davis-Bacon wages
24/02/2016 Comments Off on 6th Circuit tosses $763K award to U.S. where electricians underpaid $10K in Davis-Bacon wagesBy Joy Waltemath By Brandi O. Brown, J.D. Tossing a damages award of $763,000 in favor of the U.S. government in a Davis-Bacon Act claim against a subcontractor who underpaid electricians on some Fort Campbell building projects by less than $10,000, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the large award was an abuse of discretion. Even […]
Continue reading …Ample evidence supported NLRB ruling that company’s health care proposal was unclear, lockout unlawful
24/02/2016 Comments Off on Ample evidence supported NLRB ruling that company’s health care proposal was unclear, lockout unlawfulBy Joy Waltemath By Joy P. Waltemath, J.D. Finding substantial evidence to support the NLRB’s finding that a pool supply manufacturer unlawfully locked out its employees because the health care proposal it offered was confusing, incomplete, and internally inconsistent, the D.C. Circuit granted the Board’s cross-application for enforcement. And, because the company failed to object […]
Continue reading …NLRB: Samsung didn’t tell worker not to discuss lawsuit, but improperly asked her about it
23/02/2016 Comments Off on NLRB: Samsung didn’t tell worker not to discuss lawsuit, but improperly asked her about itBy Joy Waltemath By Lisa Milam-Perez, J.D. Striking down yet another arbitration agreement with a class action waiver (this time, Samsung’s), a three-member NLRB panel also found, contrary to the law judge, that the employer had twice unlawfully interrogated an employee about her conversations with coworkers regarding her pending wage suit. On the other hand, […]
Continue reading …Morocco: Vicious union-busting at Moroccan fish canner DOHA
22/02/2016 Comments Off on Morocco: Vicious union-busting at Moroccan fish canner DOHALabourStart headline – Source: IUF Source:: Labour Start Newsfeed
Continue reading …Global – Indeed reaches 200 million unique visitors, expands to eight more countries
20/02/2016 Comments Off on Global – Indeed reaches 200 million unique visitors, expands to eight more countriesIndeed, the job aggregator search engine owned by Japanese staffing giant, Recruit,, has announced today that it started 2016 by reaching more than 200 million unique visitors and that it has expanded to eight additional countries. The eight new countries are Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Ukraine and Uruguay. Indeed reported a 57% […]
Continue reading …Tunisian Town Simmers With Unrest Over Lack of Jobs and Investment
07/02/2016 Comments Off on Tunisian Town Simmers With Unrest Over Lack of Jobs and InvestmentBy By CARLOTTA GALL In a country where nearly a third of young people are unemployed, the jobless in Kasserine have occupied part of the governor’s office and declared a hunger strike. Source:: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill