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Infographic – Clocked In – Annual And Weekly Working Hours Around The World
14/03/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – Clocked In – Annual And Weekly Working Hours Around The World
Working Hours Around The World (click graphic to view full-size)
Continue reading …Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
07/03/2012 Comments Off on Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
There’s a Monster behind the job board at CeBIT digital tradeshow taking place this week in Hanover, Germany. Job search giant Monster Worldwide, Inc., is the powering job board at CeBIT, the world’s largest information technology and telecommunications trade fair. The “CeBIT Job Centre powered by Monster” has nearly 11,000 IT jobs posted. During CeBIT, […]
Continue reading …Nepal Aims To Hold Outsourcing Firms Accountable For Expats
06/03/2012 Comments Off on Nepal Aims To Hold Outsourcing Firms Accountable For Expats
Nepal, home to the earth’s highest mountain, is also home to some of the earth’s deepest unemployment and poverty rates, forcing millions of Nepalese to seek work abroad. The government of Nepal has introduced the Foreign Employment Policy promoting safe and inclusive migration for the nation’s expatriate workers, according to a report from the Himalayan […]
Continue reading …United Trade Unions General Strike Brings India To A Halt
02/03/2012 Comments Off on United Trade Unions General Strike Brings India To A Halt
By ROBERT SCALLY– By far the largest labor action in the world during the week of 27 February 2012 took place in India, where a one-day nationwide general strike brought commerce in the world’s second most populous nation to a standstill. The strike took place Tuesday, 28 February 2012, and was called by 11 central […]
Continue reading …The World Wants A Job And Is Willing Migrate To Find One
24/02/2012 Comments Off on The World Wants A Job And Is Willing Migrate To Find One
The migration of people around the globe for work comes down to this: Wealthy nations with aging populations need workers and people in poor countries need jobs. Worldwide millions of people are on the move – doing jobs ranging from harvesting apples to computer programming. The combined number people who have migrated for work would […]
Continue reading …Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
24/02/2012 Comments Off on Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labor standards as well as national labor and social security laws. Labor Standards Database The new database, called NORMLEX, provides a user-friendly interface in English, French and Spanish on issues such as the ratification status […]
Continue reading …Spain Has 23% Unemployment, Industrialized World’s Highest
19/02/2012 Comments Off on Spain Has 23% Unemployment, Industrialized World’s Highest
The pain in Spain in plain. Nearly one out every four of its citizens are unemployed. Spain’s unemployment rate reached 22.85% at the end of 2011, meaning five million people were jobless. Spain’s the unemployment rate is currently highest in the industrialized world. Spain is facing a recession in 2012 and jobless numbers will likely […]
Continue reading …Monster Inks UK Agreement, Largest Deal In It’s History
15/02/2012 Comments Off on Monster Inks UK Agreement, Largest Deal In It’s HistoryJob board giant Monster just extended its global reach, signing contract with the United Kingdom’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide an automated job matching service. The DWP agreement is the largest single contract in Monster’s 22-year history and marks the start of the global expansion strategy of Monster’s already successful government solutions […]
Continue reading …Bali’s Unemployment Solution: Blame the Unemployed
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Bali’s Unemployment Solution: Blame the Unemployed
In what visitors consider some of the most idyllic places in Indonesia, unemployment isn’t the problem the unemployed are the problem. If you have a college degree and are unemployed you are an “elitist” who will refuse any job involving a “unpleasant odor,” according to Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika, who is also a colonel in the General Police. He […]
Continue reading …Sri Lanka Creates New Human Resources Policy
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Sri Lanka Creates New Human Resources Policy
Still healing following the 2009 defeat of the secessionist Tamil Tigers rebels after three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka’s leadership is trying to unite the nation with public works projects, notably roads, and new policies that offer the promise of increased economic development. Almost as if orchestrated, three signs of Sri Lanka’s potential turnaround appeared […]
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