South African Maritime Safety Authority Launches Study to Help Create Jobs

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has launched a study aimed at contributing to the process of skills development and empowerment in the maritime sector. How People Arrived Here: sauth african maritime authority

Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister Asks Employees to Make Public Service the Benchmark for Their Duties

Terming Government employees the hub in public service delivery mechanism, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday said that cordial and close relations between the two are imperative to implement the development agenda and fulfill social promises.

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Research Center Retiring 500 Workers

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Research Center, site of the country’s first and only nuclear power plant, came online at some point between 1962 and 1964. The airspace over it is closed to all aircraft, and the area around it is heavily guarded and fenced...

Compensation Fund Tightening Its Screws to Deal with Corruption

Department of Labour Director-General Nkosinathi Nhleko has warned that the Compensation Fund is tightening its screws to deal with corruption.

Poor Women And Welfare Reform: Working Without a Net

Welfare and Unemployment Insurance, considered important parts of Americans’ safety net during difficult financial times, have provided little to no help for many low-wage earners who have the shortest distance to fall. Poor women in a study by...

World Bank to Help Nigeria Tackle High Rate of Youth Unemployment

The World Bank is to help Nigeria tackle the high rate of unemployment among the youth in the country, Professor Folusho Okunmade, the Country Representative of the bank in Nigeria, said in Abuja on Monday.

Spain Granted Permission to Temporarily Restrict Its Labor Market to Romanian Workers

Following a request from the Spanish authorities the European Commission has approved Spain’s request to restrict its labor market to Romanian workers until December 31st 2012 due to serious disturbances on its labor market. Spain has been hit very...

India Suffers Shortage of Seasonal Farm Workers

India’s Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has observed that farming operations in major agriculture producing states are faced with problem of availability of labor during peak crop season.

Union Decline Accounts for Much of the Rise in Wage Inequality

Union membership in America has declined significantly since the early 1970s, and that plunge explains approximately a fifth of the increase in hourly wage inequality among women and about a third among men, according to a new study in the August issue...