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Michel Cournoyer
Work and Family / The 10 Best Jobs For Balance
According to a recent survey by career website FlexJobs, an overwhelming majority of parents (96%) say having a traditional full-time job conflicts with important parts of taking care of their families, and two-thirds report frequent conflict. At the same time, a whopping 97% of respondents feel that having work flexibility (such as working from home … Continue reading
Hong Kong / Minimum Wage Increases
The Hong Kong government said it would raise the minimum wage by 7 per cent in May next year as it tries to allay concerns about a growing disparity between the rich and the poor in the city. The lowest salaries will rise to HK$30 (US$3.90) an hour, the government said on Wednesday, affecting about … Continue reading
Passive Job Search Tips
Do you love your job? Don’t want to even think about looking for a new position? Even if you’re lucky enough to have a job you wouldn’t ever consider quitting, you should be prepared to move on. Companies change over time, there may be new management, your job may not be as much fun as it … Continue reading
US / The Income Inequality Crisis in 16 Charts
The middle class crisis — and its resulting income inequality — is the most important economic story of our time. There are a million ways to tell it, and here’s another: an annotated slide show, culled from the amazing 2012 edition of the State of Working America from EPI. Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor … Continue reading
US / The Future of Federal Workforce Development Policy – A video from Brookings Institution
The overhaul of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in the late 1990s put in place a new framework to provide federal job training programs to workers and to “improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance productivity and competitiveness.” Reauthorization of WIA is long overdue, as the Act’s provisions technically expired nearly … Continue reading
Sweden / Older immigrants face lower pensions
Immigrants to Sweden who move here before their 35th birthday have enough time to work towards a pension that is almost equal to people born in Sweden, but older immigrants risk lagging behind socio-economically, a new statistics review shows. “Income levels differ sharply, depending on when in life one immigrated to Sweden,” Statistics Sweden (Statistiska … Continue reading
Canada / Union Challenges Chinese Miners’ Work Permits
Unions in B.C. will be back in court this week trying to stop a group of foreign workers from coming to Canada to work at a new coal mine in Tumbler Ridge. At stake are permits for more than 200 Chinese mineworkers who were hired to do specialized work at the underground mine in northern … Continue reading
South Africa / Mining bleeds 15,000 jobs in quarter
THE beleaguered mining sector shed 15,000 jobs in the third quarter, reflecting the extent to which the slowdown in global demand for commodities, coupled with disruptive wildcat strikes, had on the sector, a Statistics South Africa jobs survey released on Tuesday showed. The job losses in mining do not bode well for South Africa’s already … Continue reading
Peugeot / 1,500 Jobs Added to Cuts
PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG), Europe’s second-largest carmaker, will eliminate an additional 1,500 jobs by 2014, deepening its workforce reduction as auto sales in the region plunge to a 17-year low. The cuts, which come on top of 8,000 announced in July, will be made by not replacing people who leave, Jonathan Goodman, a spokesman for … Continue reading
Poland / Fiat announces 1,500 layoffs
Fiat announced 1,500 layoffs at its Polish operations to reduce production, as demand is plummeting in Europe. Fiat forecasts losses of 700 million euros ($903 million) in Europe this year. The cuts will come at the Tychy plant as well as from sales staff in the country, Fiat said in a statement on Friday. Fiat … Continue reading
(Update) UK / Unemployment rate down 0.2 at 7.8 per cent and the biggest quarterly fall in unemployment since 2001
For August to October 2012: The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.2 per cent, up 0.1 on May to July 2012 and up 0.9 on a year earlier. There were 29.60 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 40,000 on May to July 2012 and up 499,000 on … Continue reading
India / Hiring activity dipped by 4% according to Naukri Job Speak Index
There has been a 4% decline in recruitment activity in November compared to October, with most of the key industry sectors and functional areas experiencing a dip in their hiring activity on the Naukri Job Speak Index. The index is a monthly indicator of jobs on the online portal. The dip in hiring on the … Continue reading
India / About 1,900 jobs lost for tech professionals
When news emerged early this week that Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, has decided to shut down its Chennai unit and to pink slip 76 employees, the resultant feeling was déjà vu. Well, 2012 has been like that for telecom and IT sectors, largely due to the gloomy global outlook and its repercussions were being … Continue reading
Retirement / Employment among men 65 and over increasing since the mid-1990
For nearly all of the 20th century, employment of older workers decreased as increasing numbers retired. But since the mid-1990s, this trend has reversed. Employment among men at least 65 years of age, for example, has increased. The Great Recession of recent years has masked this long-term trend and the reasons for it and has … Continue reading
Employees’ Choice Awards by Glassdoor: 50 Best Places to Work
Employees’ Choice Awards Glassdoor is excited to announce our fifth annual Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work. The top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best – their employees. Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from via Best Places to Work | Glassdoor.
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