Trade union membership numbers plummet in Australia
Just 15% of Australian workers and owner managers of incorporated enterprises were trade union members in August 2014, compared to 17% one year earlier,...
Gender gap legislation will include bonuses paid, UK
Proposed legislation aimed at reducing the gender gap in pay will require that larger employers report how much they paid to men and women...
UK companies must provide information on bonuses in pay-gap details
Large companies in the UK will have to report details about the bonuses given to men and women. The new measure is the latest move...
Tata Steel slashing 1200 jobs in latest blow to UK steel sector
Tata Steel announced almost 1,200 job cuts at plants across England and Scotland. The cuts are the latest in a series of layoffs in Britain’s steel...
Tata Steel plans on cutting 1,200 jobs in the UK next week, union says
Tata Steel plans on cutting 1,200 jobs in the UK next week, a union says.
The Indian multinational steel-making company is expected to cut staff...
Unemployment dips to pre-crisis low, UK
Unemployment in the United Kingdom dropped to a pre-crisis low of 5.4% in the three months ending August 2014, according to the Office for...
Private sector pay growing at 15-year high, UK
Private sector pay in the UK has grown this year at its fastest rate since the early 2000s, i.e. a fifteen-year high, according to...
Canada adds 12,000 jobs to economy, but unemployment rate rises
Although the Canadian economy added 12,000 jobs (or +0.1%), as more people entered the labor force, its unemployment rate increased by 0.1 of a...
All work and no play for many Canadians
Many Canadians are foregoing their vacation entitlements because of super-busy schedules, personal commitments, and financial obligations, a new report published by Expedia.ca reported this...
US unemployment down to a seven-year low of 5.1 percent
The latest Labor Department report, issued on Friday, revealed that unemployment in the US dropped to a seven-year low of 5.1 percent in August...