Singapore's labour outlook: The challenges ahead

State Bank of India (SBI) has launched 'State Bank Smart Payout Card' a prepaid card, targeted primarily for contract labourers or blue collared workers, who do not have a bank account.

Claiming that the union government is misguiding nation on inflation, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has alleged that the government lacks sustainable policies to offer dignified life to people.

Kozhikode, May 2 : Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member and Deputy leader in Kerala Assembly Kodiyeri Balakrishnan today said contract labourers were on the rise in the country resulting to declining labour unions in the organised sector.

Odiya and Bihari labourers hired on contract for Goa's mining industry need to be "shunted" out of the state as the mining ban is forcing them towards crime, Congress legislator Vishwajeet Rane alleged Tuesday.Rane was speaking during the question hour during ...

Durban - KZN Speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has defended herself against allegations made in the Durban Labour Court this week by a suspended health department employee that she exerted pressure on health department officials to accelerate the awarding of a ...

TORONTO -- Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) is pushing ahead with plans to cut costs by 15 per cent even as it increases capacity as new planes come into service and its low-cost carrier Rouge takes off this summer, airline executives said Monday. "We've ...

Analysts as well as labour unions have described contract staffing and precarious work as major problems besetting decent work and social justice in the Nigerian work environment. However, government's effort to boost employment has not yielded ...

Johannesburg - Economic growth in the first quarter of 2013 remained subdued due to contraction in the manufacturing sector, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Wednesday. In its quarterly bulletin released on Wednesday, the SARB said economic ...

Holden will ask employees at its Adelaide plant to accept a pay cut, in a bid to slash its labour costs - or risk the company's manufacturing arm leaving Australia. "Australia is among the most expensive places to build cars anywhere on the ...