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South Korea has made an announcement regarding a proposal to settle a labour dispute with Japan that dates back to the war.
On Monday, South Korea unveiled a controversial plan to raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages in cases against Japanese businesses that enslaved them during World War II.
The proposal is a reflection of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's d...
Farmers are urging immigration reform in order to address labour shortages and rising food costs
As rising production costs continue to roil the agriculture sector, farmers from across the country are uniting in support of sweeping immigration reform, which they claim may ease labour shortages and reduce food prices.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which has already been appr...
Australia increases the number of permanent migrants because of a labour shortage.
In an effort to assist businesses and industries dealing with severe staff shortages and lessen reliance on temporary employees, Australia on Friday increased its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 for this fiscal year, an increase of 35,000.
The COVID-19 outbreak, together with a ...
Job Openings Remain Stable at 11 Million as Consumer Confidence Rises
According to the Labour Department they announced on Tuesday that there have been slightly more than 11 million vacant positions in July, which was essentially unchanged from June.
The report won't persuade decision-makers that the labor market is considerably cooling off as the Fed...
Bemlo receives a $3.3 million dosage to address the European healthcare labour crisis
Instead of the typical three-month lead-time, the Stockholm-based firm promises to source staffing for healthcare businesses within 24 hours.
Bemlo, a Swedish marketplace for temporary hiring of healthcare personnel, has raised $3.3 million to improve transparen...
No good reason for the UK to rejoin the EU, according to Labour leader Starmer
The UK "will not go back into the EU" under a Labour administration, Starmer said in a speech criticising the administration's handling of Brexit.
To "move on debates from the past" and work toward "making Brexit succeed," the Labour leader said.
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Sharjah Labour Sports Tournament
The fifth edition of the Sharjah Labor Sports Tournament was organized by the Labor Standards Development Authority in Sharjah. The tournament has successfully continued with its competitions in the Sharjah National Park that has seen participation from around 1,400 players divided into 35 footba...
Nobel Economics Prize awarded to three Economists for "natural experiments”
David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics based on their "natural experiments", which is an innovative method of empirical research.
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- The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to thre...
Amazon settles lawsuit for firing employees for criticizing work conditions
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- Maren Costa and Emily Cunningham were fired for criticizing the working conditions
- National Labor Relations Board and Amazon.com Inc have reached a settlement
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board and Amazon Inc hav...
UK: BORIS JOHNSON’S CONSERVATIVE PARTY WINS SEAT AT HARTLEPOOL PARLIAMENT
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- The Conservative Party of United Kingdom wins Hartlepool parliament seat
- The Conservative Party of Boris Johnson has scored decisive wins in the regional elections on Thursday
The great realignment of the United Kingdom&r...
HONG KONG’S COVID HANDOUTS FAVORED LABOUR BUSINESSES; CARRIE LAM SAYS SHE WILL BE THE FIRST TO TEST SINOVACCINE
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- Dairy Farm, Kowloon Motor Bus, and Maxim's were among the top beneficiaries of presents from the public authority's Employment Support Scheme pointed toward saving employment during the Covid-19 pandemic, a dissident financial specialist says<...
JAPAN TO USE RESERVATION SYSTEM TO CARRY OUT VACCINATIONS AT THE MUNICIPALITY LEVEL
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- Japan to use reservation system to carry out vaccinations at the municipality level.
- The plan has been approved by a panel of experts ahead of March’s mass vaccination program.
- Around 10,500 freezers capable of stor...
FEDERAL LABOUR AGENCY ACCUSES GOOGLE OF SPYING ON & WRONGFULLY FIRING TWO OF ITS EMPLOYEES
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• The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against search engine giant Google accusing it of spying on and wrongfully sacking two of its employees in the United States
• The reason cited by the tech-company for firing these employees...
PM SCOTT MORRISON QUESTIONED IN MR. MAGUIRE INQUIRY OVER IMMIGRATION OF KILLER
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- As the inquiry against the ex-Liberal MP Daryl Maguire goes murkier each day, Labor has raised a question on Prime Minister about his involvement in the transfer of child murderer
Six years ago when Scott Morrison was immigration min...
ARDEN BECOMES NEW ZEALAND’S PRIME MINISTER SECOND TIME IN A ROW
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- Arden becomes New Zealand’s Prime Minister second time in a row.
- Arden is expected to form a new government within three weeks.
- Arden’s liberal Labour Party got 49% of the vote.
- The country’s ...
LABOR DEFENDS AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP LOCATION
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- Labour will attempt to alter an administrative bill, so the federal resource ministry has to declare the site as a nuclear waste dump, despite worries inside the ALP that the alteration challenged in the court
On Monday, the Labor co...
TOYOTA TO GIVE ANNUAL PAY RISE ON THE BASIS OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
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- Toyota to give annual pay rise on the basis of employee performance evaluations.
- The new system will start in spring of 2021.
- Around 65,000 employees will be subject to the new system.
- Workers will be graded o...
U.S BLOCKS SHIPMENTS FROM TAIWAN BASED FISHING VESSEL REPORTED FOR ABUSIVE LABOUR CONDITIONS
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- U.S blocks shipments from Taiwan based fishing vessel reported for abusive labour conditions.
- The U.S followed the reports from Greenpeace East Asia to keep out products that are the result of forced labour.
- The U.S...
SINGAPOREAN FIRMS UNDER SCRUTINY FOR FALSELY APPOINTING ITS STAFF
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- Singaporean firms criteria to be cross-checked as many are hired without following the standard procedures laid down by the government
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced that the names of organizations that are doing partiality...
CEMETERIES OFFERING BURIALS FOR THE MUSLIM POPULATION LACKING IN JAPAN
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- Cemeteries offering burials for the Muslim population lacking in Japan.
- An estimated 200,000 Muslims live in Japan.
- No burial sites at all in the northeastern Tohoku region or west of the Chugoku region.
- In th...