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Germany at risk of recession but economists keep faith
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Germany will find out on Tuesday if Europe's top economy ended 2018 in a technical recession, with fears over slowing momentum fuelling calls for Berlin to use its fiscal leeway to bolster growth.
China's promising Ed tech market
Published on 21/01/2019
» The continued development of innovative technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and others, along with increased public adoption and comfort with their use, has led to current and expected transformations in the approach organisations take towards talent management, training, and workforce development. While the expected value of these new methods is great, their current implementations always seem to fall short of what's promised by enthusiastic tech vendors and start-ups, indicating that more investment and development is necessary.
Rebuke or reproach?
News, Postbag, Published on 12/02/2019
» Prof Thitinan Pongsudhirak's contributions on Thailand's politics have always been unbiased and educational.
Covered for life
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/02/2019
» Tan Hak Leh is accustomed to occupying lofty corporate positions as an insurance executive with 25 years of industry experience, 17 of them in management positions in Singapore. But the chief executive officer of AIA Thailand turns out to be very down-to-earth in person, soft-spoken and easy to chat with.
Anger as UK's May asks yet more time for Brexit
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called for still more time to renegotiate her Brexit deal, and drew outrage by suggesting parliament may not be able to vote on the text until just 17 days before Britain leaves the EU.
The future according to Thanathorn: exclusive interview
Dave Kendall, Published on 03/03/2019
» Speaking exclusively with the Bangkok Post, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit outlined his vision of a just, democratic Thailand free from military hegemony, political and economic corruption and the world’s largest gap between rich and poor.
Estonia votes as far-right surge challenges mainstream
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» TALLINN - Estonians vote Sunday in a general election with the centre-left coalition duelling its traditional liberal rivals and a surging far-right party buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters in the Baltic eurozone state.
Estonia votes as far-right surge challenges mainstream
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» TALLINN - Estonians began voting Sunday in a general election with the centre-left coalition duelling its traditional liberal rivals and a surging far-right party buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters in the Baltic eurozone state.
A no-win situation
News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2019
» Re: "India and Pakistan are both losing in Kashmir", (Opinion, March 2).
Cambodian Labour Law gets an overdue update: Employee seniority payment benefits enforced
Published on 04/03/2019
» Since its initial enactment in 1997, Cambodian Labour Law has remained largely untouched. However, with recent amendments introduced by the government in the past year, Cambodia's Labour Law is now witnessing the most significant changes in its 22-year history. Starting in mid-2018, a number of pro-employee initiatives were introduced in an attempt to bolster and improve Cambodian Labour Law and the benefits provided to the workforce. In brief, employers are now required to pay ongoing seniority payments to employees with open-ended employment contracts (referred to as "undetermined duration contracts"). In addition, those seniority payments must also be back-paid for time worked prior to 2019. These payments can be substantial--employees with fixed term contracts are entitled to five percent of the total wages earned during the duration of their contracts--and are accompanied by other major changes including a requirement to pay all employees twice a month, and the enactment of a pension scheme that is expected to be launched by the end of 2019.