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ILO: Arab Nations Must Seize Opportunity For Employment Reform
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO News– ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, has called for policy reforms in the Arab region to strengthen social dialogue, tackle soaring youth unemployment, promote social protection and foster the rights of workers and employers to freely organize themselves. “What is needed is a comprehensive vision for sustainable economic and social development” […]
40th Annual Arab Labor Conference Underway In Algiers
16/04/2013 Comments Off on 40th Annual Arab Labor Conference Underway In Algiers
The 40th annual Arab Labor Conference is taking place this week in Algiers attended by delegations from 20 Arab countries and representatives of governments, trade unions and employers. The event began Monday, April 15. The week-long event, organized by the Arab Labor Organization (ALO), attracts more than 600 participants and 32 Arab labor organizations from […]
Continue reading …‘Hire Saudi’ Crown Prince Tells His Government
03/11/2011 Comments Off on ‘Hire Saudi’ Crown Prince Tells His Government
Perhaps inspired by the unemployment-fueled uprisings in other Arab nations, Saudi Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, deputy premier and minister of interior, has issued new directives “aimed at tackling unemployment amongst the increasingly large number of Saudi graduates,” according to a 1 Nov. 2011 report in The Saudi Gazzette. The Gazzette reports that specific […]
Continue reading …Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment
02/10/2011 Comments Off on Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment
Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister is seeking the “Saudization” of the kingdom’s private sector amid rising unemployment and unease following uprisings in other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate was 10.8% in July. The country will begin to pay unemployment benefits for the first time from November, Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakieh, told Bloomberg News. In 2012 the […]
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- The decline of job creation at new establishments
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- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
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- 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
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- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
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- 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
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- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
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- 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