Deutsche Bank suggests 5% tax on home workers to support those impacted by the pandemic business Article 584 words 12 votes
Norway's oil workers fear for future as rigs go remote – shift to operating oil rigs remotely from land, accelerated by lower crude prices, has rekindled concerns among unions business Article 923 words 4 votes
Strike by workers in the Norwegian oil sector could soon wipe out nearly one-quarter of the country's petroleum output business Article 710 words 11 votes
Vanguard is outsourcing recordkeeping work, along with 1,300 of its workforce, to Infosys business Article 841 words 11 votes
A landmark report into the on-demand workforce commissioned by the Victorian Government has made a host of recommendations to make sure gig economy workers get the fair deal they deserve Article 450 words 8 votes
The minimum wage in Australia will increase by thirty-five cents to $19.84 per hour, affecting the pay packets of more than 2.2 million people Article 781 words 14 votes
US Labor Department employment report shows unexpected improvement, but recovery could still take years economics Article 757 words 7 votes
How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US economics Article 2924 words 12 votes
For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income? Article 892 words 8 votes
The US wants Mexico to keep its defense and health-care factories open. Mexican workers are getting sick and dying Article 1934 words 9 votes
Amazon-owned Whole Foods is quietly tracking US employees with a heat map tool that ranks which stores are most at risk of unionizing business Article 1217 words 20 votes
How many jobs can be done at home? UChicago study Text 12 words PDF: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf 8 votes
The US is betting that being furloughed is better than being fired for 600,000 workers Article 9 votes
Australian Federal Government offers $130bn in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers business Article 681 words 7 votes
USPS needs 1,000 workers in the San Francisco Bay Area to keep up with delivery demands business Article 218 words 10 votes
Which workers are most vulnerable to the economic costs of COVID-19? economics Article 1366 words 5 votes
If the female employment rate across the OECD matched that of Sweden, OECD GDP could be boosted by over US$6 trillion, according to PwC's latest Women in Work Index Link 5 votes
Nordic countries at odds with EU over minimum wage – countries including Denmark and Finland fear one-size-fits-all plan could undermine collective bargaining Article 890 words 6 votes
California's new employment law is starting to crush freelancers business Article 1592 words, published Dec 11 2019 5 votes
Residents in 24 states and Washington, D.C. will see a minimum wage increase in 2020. The increases range from $0.10 per hour—in Florida—to $1.50 per hour. Article 1755 words 7 votes
'They're madly checking their payrolls': The ugly truth of Australia's underpayment epidemic business Article 1524 words 8 votes
SoftBank seeking to take control of WeWork through financing package business Article 288 words 5 votes
Denmark is proposing steps to protect bankers amid evidence they regularly receive threats for exposing clients involved in suspicious dealings banking Article 7 votes