South Africa’s unemployment rate hits 14-year high
South Africa’s unemployment rose to its highest in 14 years in the first quarter of the year as agriculture and informal sectors shed jobs...
Ivanka Trump’s firm seeks new trademarks in China, reviving ethical concerns
A trove of Chinese trademark applications filed by Ivanka Trump's namesake business is focusing attention once again on the ethical complications presented by the...
Morocco king cancels ECOWAS Summit trip
Morocco’s king has canceled plans to attend a Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Summit this weekend in Liberia due to the presence of...
PMSU asks banks to effect interest rate reduction
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has urgently requested the government to force the banks to adhere to directive on the reduction of...
Turkish glass workers fight strike ban
Almost 6,000 workers, members of the Kristal-İş glass union, are not leaving the factories of multinational glass manufacturer Şişecam at the end of their shifts in their quest to...
Johnny Taylor To Be Next SHRM CEO
The Society for Human Resource Management has a new president and CEO. The society announced on Thursday it had selected Taylor Jr., J.D., SHRM-SCP...
Global leaders criticize Trump over exit from climate accord
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
UN chief Antonio Guterres’s...
106th ILO Conference kicks off Monday
This year’s 106th International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference will start on Monday, June 5 in Geneva, Switzerland, with ambitious targets that can redefine the...
Workers at Asahi Australia need permanent jobs, not casual work
When Japan's Asahi Group acquired Australian bottled water company MountainH20, they announced ambitious plans to grow the business and double the workforce. Three years...
Ontario employers “appalled” by minimum wage
A number of employer organizations have criticized Ontario’s plan to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour, saying the increase could cause job...
