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Workplace Bullying – Consistently associated with reduced mental health a meta-analysis finds
Workplace bullying is consistently, and in a bi-directional manner, associated with reduced mental health. Based on a large pool of cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we conclude that workplace bullying is a significant predictor for subsequent mental health problems, including depressive-, anxiety-, and PTSD symptoms and other stress-related psychological complaints. By showing that mental health complaints … Continue reading
Carlsberg – To cut jobs in the hundreds in Russia, Europe and Asia
Carlsberg A/S, the world’s fourth-biggest brewer, plans more job cuts across the globe as it struggles to control costs amid tough conditions in markets like Russia and Europe, a person familiar with the matter said. The reductions will number in the hundreds and affect operations in Russia, Western Europe and Asia, said the person, who … Continue reading
Angry Birds – Up to 260 jobs cut to come
opular mobile game maker Rovio Entertainment says it plans to restructure its business and lay off up to 260 people because the company took on “too many things” during the past few years. Rovio says it will focus on three core activities: games, media and consumer products. The layoffs will affect the whole organization, excluding … Continue reading
Immigrants in Canada – Language at landing is one of the most important variables in predicting earnings in the short term, but less as time past
While an extensive literature examines the association between immigrants’ characteristics and their earnings in Canada, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the relative importance of various human capital factors, such as language, work experience and education when predicting the earnings of economic immigrants. The decline in immigrant earnings since the 1980s, which was concentrated … Continue reading
Royal DSM – To cut as many as 1100 jobs by 2017
Royal DSM will make up to 1100 staff redundant by the end of 2017 in a reorganisation designed to cut the cost of running its pharma, nutrition and materials sciences businesses. The Dutch supplier announced the planned job cuts today, explaining that the move is designed to save it €125m to €150m ($144m to $173m) … Continue reading
Boeing Satellite Business – To cut hundreds of jobs
Boeing Co. said Monday it had started issuing notices for what could be hundreds of layoffs at its satellite business, a move it blamed partly on the stalled reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which supports many of its sales. The aerospace giant expects to lay off “several hundred” workers over the coming months and … Continue reading
Canada – Increases in the compulsory CPP contribution rate were followed by decreases in the private savings research finds
In recent years, there has been a strong push to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Ontario has already set out a plan to create an additional mandatory provincial program mirroring the CPP called the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), which is slated for implementation on January 1, 2017. Yet the debate about expanding compulsory … Continue reading
US – Support for labor unions has jumped five percentage points to 58% over the past year
Americans’ approval of labor unions has jumped five percentage points to 58% over the past year, and is now at its highest point since 2008, when 59% approved. In the interim, the image of organized labor had suffered, sinking to an all-time low of 48% in 2009. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole … Continue reading
UK – The apprenticeship levy in coming in 2017
The government has outlined a package of plans to increase the number of quality apprenticeships across England. Employers are being consulted for their views on the introduction of an apprenticeship levy, planned for 2017 and designed to increase investment in training and apprenticeships. Other proposed steps include a requirement to take a company’s apprenticeship provision … Continue reading
Grads in Taiwan – 66 resumes to land a job
For those recent graduates who have successfully landed a job, an average of 66 resumes had to be sent out before receiving an offer, according to a survey released on Monday by an online human resource agency. Among recent graduates, including those who have been discharged from mandatory military service this year, up to 60.6 … Continue reading
UK – Schools are too focused on exam results alone say students themselves
Schools are still far too focused on exam results and are not doing enough to equip their students for the workplace, according to students themselves. The new research released today, which questioned both secondary school aged students and their parents, saw three quarters (76%) of pupils say that their school trains them just to pass … Continue reading
Australia – 60% of students are training for jobs that will not exist in the future
Sixty per cent of Australian students are training for jobs that will not exist in the future or will be transformed by automation, according to a new report by the Foundation for Young Australians. Key points 44 per cent of jobs will be automated in the next 10 years 60 per cent of students are … Continue reading
Daimler – 1,500 jobs cut in Brazil
Daimler AG is eliminating 1,500 jobs at its Brazilian truckmaking division as demand for commercial vehicles in the country shows no signs of recovery. Workforce cuts became inevitable after industrywide truck sales in Brazil, South America’s largest economy, plunged 44 percent in the first half of 2015, compounding a decline last year, said Florian Martens, … Continue reading
Microsoft confirms Finnish phone site closure and job cuts | Reuters
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Friday confirmed it will close Nokia Oyj’s (NOKIA.HE) former handset product development unit in Salo, Finland, and will cut a total of up to 2,300 jobs in the Nordic country. The cuts, initially announced in July, are part of Microsoft’s plan to cut 7,800 jobs globally, most from the phone hardware … Continue reading
Social Media – None of the platforms has experienced a statistically significant increase in usage between September 2014 and April 2015.
The results in this report reflect the noteworthy and rapid emergence of different kinds of communications tools serving different social needs. These new tools add to an already complex and varied terrain of online and mobile interaction. Overall, this survey found that 85% of adults are internet users and 67% are smartphone users. Throughout this … Continue reading
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