Uber and Lyft drivers set to strike in cities across the U.S. and Europe
Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are turning off their apps, to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors. Organizers planned demonstrations in 10 U.S. cities Wednesday, including Chicago, Los ...
77% of Japanese firms say they don't discriminate against foreign workers in terms of pay
Nearly 80 percent of companies pay their foreign employees equal or higher wages compared with their Japanese staff, a think tank survey showed Wednesday. The Japan Research Institute said corporate managers generally welcome the new visa system to accept more foreigners staff — mostly for ...
Almost half of young Russians want to emigrate as economy stagnates: Gallup poll
Forty-four percent of Russians aged 15-29 want to emigrate as their economy stagnates, according to a survey by the pollster Gallup. The poll, based on 2,000 face-to-face interviews conducted in 2018, indicated that 20 percent of all Russians wanted to move abroad, the highest share ...
Global life expectancy up 5.5 years since 2000; income and access to care play key roles: WHO
Global life expectancy grew by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning though that unequal income and access to health care translates into far shorter lives for many. The U.N. health agency also stressed significant gender differences in life ...
Japan's jobless rate in February fell to 2.3%, lowest in nine months
The unemployment rate fell to 2.3 percent in February, the lowest in nine months, as women who quit jobs to look for better work the previous month landed positions amid the tightest labor market in decades, government data showed Friday. The jobless rate fell 0.2 ...
Big Japanese firms offer smaller wage hikes as economy wobbles
Big firms offered smaller pay increases at annual wage talks Wednesday as the economy sputters, tempering hopes that domestic consumption will offset external risks to growth. Major firms are set to raise wages for a sixth straight year as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kept up ...
Japan's workforce can expect smaller raises this year as companies push back against Abe
Japan Inc. is pushing back after years of pressure to give bigger pay raises that has been a key part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to restore stable economic growth. While wages have never reached the level sought by Abe, the results from annual ...
Six major Japanese electronics makers and their labor unions have effectively agreed on a pay-scale increase of ¥1,000 per month this year, sources said Saturday. In their shuntō spring wage negotiations, the labor unions are calling on the management side to increase the pay scale ...
No Japan-wide minimum wage planned to tackle urban-rural gap ahead of foreign influx, says Suga
Earlier in the day, labor ministry officials had explained the idea to ruling lawmakers, but Suga said the ministry isn’t considering the move currently.
No systematic cover-up of faulty jobs data at labor ministry, investigative panel says
A panel probing faulty jobs data denied there was a systematic cover-up at the labor ministry, saying top bureaucrats had been unaware monthly labor surveys were “conducted improperly.”
Japan's auto labor unions submit requests, kicking off annual spring wage talks
Annual spring wage negotiations got into full swing Wednesday as labor unions from Japan's major automakers submitted their requests to management amid an uncertain global economic outlook. This year, Toyota Motor Corp.'s union, seen as the industry's trendsetter, did not present a specific target for ...
Japan's opposition parties lay into ministry officials for extensive role in wage scandal probe
Lawmakers question the neutrality of the government’s special “independent” probe into the wage data scandal after learning that bureaucrats, not outside experts, interviewed 25 of the 37 officials involved.
