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Japan govt names and shames labour lawbreakers
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2017
» TOKYO -- The Japanese government for the first time released a nationwide list of over 300 companies that have violated labour laws, hoping this name-and-shame tactic would help eliminate abuses and prevent "karoshi," or death by overwork.
24/7 stores in Japan hit by labour shortage
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/04/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's growing labour shortage threatens the nation's ubiquitous convenience stores, whose business model relies on an army of part-timers packing bento lunch boxes, manning cash registers and delivering goods 24/7.
NZ tightens immigration rules in 'Kiwis-first' crackdown
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2017
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand said on Wednesday it will tighten access to its skilled work visas, just a day after the United States and neighbouring Australia announced similar restrictions on immigration.
Australia toughens foreign worker visa requirements
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2017
» SYDNEY - Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a visa requiring better English-language and work skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.
Japan Inc feels demographic pinch
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/03/2017
» TOKYO: Ask the president of Japan's largest daycare chain what his biggest headache is, and Kazuhiro Ogita doesn't hesitate: workers and wage costs. Not enough of one, too much of the other.
Australian farmers look to employ tech-savvy grads
Business, Reuters, Published on 07/02/2017
» SYDNEY - Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.
Foreign workforce in Japan tops 1m
Business, Reuters, Published on 28/01/2017
» The number of foreign workers in Japan surpassed one million for the first time last year, as the labour-strapped country struggles to find enough Japanese workers.
Zimbabwe launches a new currency
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/11/2016
» HARARE: Zimbabwe launched a "bond notes" currency which held its value against the US dollar on Monday, despite warnings that it could cause hyperinflation and suggestions it could bring down President Robert Mugabe.
Central bank of Egypt floats pound
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/11/2016
» CAIRO: Egypt's central bank floated the pound currency yesterday, devaluing by 32.3% to an initial guidance level of 13 pounds to the US dollar in a move to rebalance currency markets after weeks of turbulence.
Tesco pulls Unilever goods from website over price row
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2016
» LONDON - Tesco, Britain's biggest grocery chain, has pulled dozens of Unilever brand products from its website after a disagreement over prices in the wake of a partly Brexit-driven slump in the British currency.