Singapore's national development minister on Tuesday highlighted the use of robots as an example to raise productivity and cut labor cost in the construction industry amid the city state's drive to upgrade its economy
China's coastal cities are facing the pressure of a severe labor shortage as the country's western interior catches up as a magnet for skilled workers.
The U.S. job market is off to an unsteady start in 2014 with yet another lackluster unemployment report released on Friday.
Recent developments in the labor front signify a turbulent period ahead, South African Labor Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Tuesday.
Several U.S. economic indicators improved in 2013, but millions of Americans remain jobless after the end of the worst economic downturn in decades.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said on Monday that ageing population and foreseeable shortage of labor force may considerably drag the city’s economy behind.
Raising the retirement age in progressive steps is in line with China's labor market realities and should be prioritized
While many top officials of the Federal Reserve reckoned that the Fed might start trimming its asset purchase program "in coming months," some others insisted on awaiting more evidence of a recovering job market and economy before making a decision, according to the minutes of the latest Fed policy meeting released Wednesday.
As the quarterly earning-season of Singapore-listed companies came to close this week with most of the reported results seen to be weak and uninspiring, analysts here said that escalating labor cost and operating expense at home could force local companies to step up their overseas expansion.
A high court in central China's Hunan Province ruled in favor of a rape victim's mother who sued a local authority for putting her in a labor camp.
A high court in central China's Hunan Province has ruled in favor of a rape victim's mother who sued a local authority for putting her in a labor camp.
French upper house of parliament, the Senate approved on Tuesday the Socialists' reform of labor code that offers more flexibility to firms and raised costs on employing staff.
The mother of a rape victim in central China has filed a petition over her detainment in a labor camp, sparking a new wave of public outcry calling for reform - or even abolishment - of re-education through labor.
On Monday, the Chinese government said it will push for new reforms of its reeducation through labor system...While others say its very existence, is unconstitutional.
The national political and legal work conference which concluded here on Tuesday announced that four major reforms, including changes to the "laojiao" system, or re-education through labor system, will be pushed forward this year.
The Chinese government will this year push the reform of its re-education through labor system, according to a national political and legal work conference on Monday.
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