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Tajikistan / Infrastructure project will benefit more than 770,000 people and 22,000 temporary jobs
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$45.9 million grant for the Second Tajikistan Public Employment for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resources Management Project. Over 770,000 people residing in twelve districts of the southern Khatlon region of Tajikistan will benefit from temporary public employment opportunities and rehabilitation of important irrigation and drainage … Continue reading
South Africa / Farms accept minimum wage increase
Farmers accept that the minimum wage will increase. In addition farmers proposed that the parties jointly assess the nature and extent of ‘in kind’ benefits and how these should be accounted for in the wage structure. Whilst the affordability of higher wages may be a constraint, the broader policy environment which impacts on the sector’s profitability requires … Continue reading
University of Northampton pushes ‘employability skills’, only 4 % of its undergraduates unemployed
The University of Northampton is one of England’s younger universities: it only won the status in 2005. But it is also top of the league when it comes to getting its students into work. In 2010-11, six months after leaving the university, only 4 per cent of its former undergraduates were unemployed. Explaining its success, … Continue reading
American Superconductor Cuts 25% Jobs
Wind and grid sector solutions provider American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC: Quote), Wednesday slashed its workforce by 25 percent in order to cut costs amid weakness in the wind power market. The company has cut its outlook for the third quarter, as a result of anticipated wind turbine electrical control system shipment delays to certain of … Continue reading
Arizona / Resolution Copper eliminating about 400 jobs
An Arizona mining company announced Friday it will suspend shaft and drilling work at its Superior operation and eliminate about 400 jobs, saying the moves are the result of continued uncertainty around a proposed land exchange. Resolution Copper Mining officials said they will try to place affected workers in other jobs within the company. Some … Continue reading
Taipei / More than 10,000 jobs on offer at work fair
A large-scale job fair organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) opened yesterday in Taipei, with job seekers swarming to the fair to vie for over 10,000 job vacancies offered by 158 companies, according to the MOEA. Many job seekers and those looking to change jobs showed up at the fair yesterday morning to … Continue reading
Reshoring / There was a herd mentality to the offshoring says John Shook
Business practices are prone to fads, and in hindsight, the rush to offshore production 10 or 15 years ago looks a little extreme. The distance across the Pacific Ocean was as wide then as it is now, and the speed of cargo ships was just as slow. A lot of the very good reasons for … Continue reading
Europe / Unemployment ‘unacceptably high’ says Jonathan Todd, spokesman for the European Commission
Two nations at the forefront of the European economic crisis, Spain and Greece, have the region’s highest unemployment with more than one in four people out of work. The statistics are even grimmer fro those younger than 25 years of age in both countries, with joblessness as high as 60 percent. Overall, more than 10 … Continue reading
Canada / Immigration / Other provinces not getting same control as Quebec says Kenney
The federal government is not prepared to cede control over immigration to the provinces to the degree it has for Quebec, despite pressure to do so from Canadian premiers, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday. “I believe that newcomers from around the world arrive in Canada not primarily to become Albertans or Nova Scotians, but … Continue reading
Manitoba / Lower wage for disabled, a ‘Relic’ to be repealed
The Selinger government will repeal a law that allows an employer to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Family Services and Labour Minister Jennifer Howard said the provision in the Employment Standards Code will be removed through legislation to be tabled Monday to mark the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. “It’s … Continue reading
Fresno Call Center to close / More than 700 jobs
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), the Charlotte based banking giant, plans to close its Fresno call center in August 2013. Jennifer Darwin, a corporate spokesperson with Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America, confirmed the closure, but declined to say how many workers would be affected. The layoffs at the call center will be upwards of 700 … Continue reading
China / King Yuan Electronics / To create 1,000 jobs
King Yuan Electronics Co. Ltd., a Taiwan-based integrated circuit (IC) testing service provider, said yesterday its plan to build a new plant in an industrial park located in Tongluo Township, Miaoli County is expected to create about 1,000 jobs. King Yuan will invest NT$1 billion in the new production base, which is scheduled to break … Continue reading
US / 20,000 jobs at risk from low water along the Mississippi River
Shipping industry officials issued a new study Friday saying nearly 20,000 jobs are at risk if something isn’t done to prevent barge traffic from grinding to a halt along the Mississippi River in December. Meanwhile, a group of lawmakers have joined the private sector in asking the Obama administration to take action. The study, which … Continue reading
US / Green cards to US-trained math and science experts
The US House passed a bill today that would replace the green card lottery with a program that awards permanent residency visas to foreign graduates of US master’s and doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering and math, Reuters reported. Under the current green card lottery system, people from countries with low rates of immigration are … Continue reading
Italy / ILVA steel / Govn’t moves to save troubled plant
The future of Europe’s biggest steel plant, in the southern Italian city of Taranto, had hung in the balance after magistrates ordered it to close over accusations that emissions from the site had caused an environmental “disaster”. A decree passed in cabinet on Friday removed court administrators who had been running parts of the plant, … Continue reading
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