Fastest wage growth rate since 2008, UK
The United Kingdom has registered its fastest wage growth rate since 2008. According to the Office for National Statistics, wages rose by 3.3% for...
Wage transparency narrows gender pay gap, study finds
Wage transparency reduces the gender pay gap by seven percent, economists from business schools in France, the US, and Denmark have found. Requiring employers...
Amazon USA announces new minimum wage of $15 per hour
Amazon USA has raised the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all employees. The new minimum wage applies to all seasonal, temporary, part-time,...
Be nice to your employees – benevolent bosses get better results
Be nice to your employees, a team of researchers advises; benevolent bosses get better results. Being nice really does pay off if you want...
UK wages grew faster than expected in three months to July
UK wages grew faster than experts had expected in the three months to July 2018. During those three months, UK wages continued to outstrip...
Euro Area and EU28 unemployment at 8.2% and 6.8% respectively July 2018
The euro area unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, stood at 8.2% in July 2018. The EU28 unemployment rate was 6.8% for the same month. In...
Growth and productivity in information technology jobs outpaces other jobs
Information technology jobs have outpaced most other jobs in growth and productivity since 2004, a new study found. Positions in cybersecurity, and big data,...
2.8 million people find work in EU during first quarter of 2018
Between the last quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, 2.8 million people managed to find work. This figure is for the...
Female pilots: Aviation industry lagging in ‘pilot gender equality’
The percentage of female pilots is very low and growing only slowly, according to an organization that analyzes aviation trends.
The Centre for Aviation (CAPA)...
Fewer people moving home, says population study
There has been a gradual decline in people moving home according to new research that is now published in the journal Population, Space and...