Cathay cabin crew votes to extend retirement age
More than half of Cathay Pacific’s 9,000 cabin crew have voted in favour of raising the retirement age from 55 to 60, the South...
Female cops fight against ‘intolerable’ conducts in the police force
A group of female police officers have launched a campaign to change what they have referred to as ‘intolerable’ conducts in the police force.
“Women...
Non-Standard jobs pose risk to firms
July 30, 2017
Firms that rely on non-standard or fixed term employment risk losing quality human resource.
According to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Report on...
Iran sugar workers fight pensions
July 17, 2017
Workers at the giant Haft Tapeh sugar cane plantation and mill complex in the southern city of Shush have always had to...
Sluggish SME development hurting jobs
Investing in workers and innovation, and boosting trade and social dialogue are key to stemming rising global unemployment, the latest edition of the ILO's...
IES builds capacity of corporate executives
The Institute of Executive Studies (IES) on Thursday organised a one-day seminar to enhance the capacity of corporate executives and business owners on the...
Report uncovers WB forced labour projects in Uzbekistan
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labour in Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch and the...
GMWU slams special compensation demand by Anglogold ex-workers
The General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU), Prince William Ankrah has described demands for special compensation by some former workers of Anglogold...
Venezuela hikes its minimum wage again — to just over $6
Venezuelans earning the minimum wage got another pay raise Thursday. But in reality, they're making far less than they were a year ago.
President Nicolas...
Civil servants to be paid on time in ‘reformed’ post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government continues to drive remarkable reforms in a bid to revive the flailing economy and win over the support of Zimbabweans...
