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The UN International Labour Organisation World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 highlights the fact that 4bn people – more than half the world’s population – have no social insurance protection …

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The insurance company Aviva has decided to offer all male and female employees 12 months parental leave on the birth, adoption or reception of a surrogate child – with the first six months on full pay …

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According to recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report, the global gender gap – in terms of educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity and political empowerment – is widening again …

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A fairly short but rather useful article in the latest copy of Harvard Business Review deals with the critical issue of minimising the impact on sales revenue due to loss of sales personnel …

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The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Talent Ranking for 2017 assesses 63 countries’ capacity to attract and retain the talent their businesses need to thrive …

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Terror attacks have so far affected 77 countries across this year, whilst Honduras and El Salvador continue to have the highest incidence of homicides in the world …

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In a recent interview Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, has admitted that, from the outset, social media exploited a vulnerability in human psychology …

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The World Bank’s latest annual report on “Doing Business” has just been published …

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A meeting of some 30 union representatives last month in Barcelona, Spain sought to develop a strategy to increase union membership across Amazon’s global operations …

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According to the latest JPT survey, senior Petroleum industry professionals earned an average of US$194,649 gross in 2017, down from US$214,328 in 2014 …

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Mark Johnson, a former HSBC Holdings executive, has been found guilty in New York of a massive “front running” foreign exchange fraud …

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The UK’s Guardian newspaper has uncovered that unauthorised access has been gained to client emails on Deloitte’s Azure cloud service, which was provided by Microsoft …

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It has become an unspoken concern of many HR professionals that many aspects of their role leaves them open to physical assault by employees …

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Employers are increasingly focussing on employee fitness as a way to improve workplace performance …

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In spite of a strong emphasis on gender equality over the last 50 years the status and treatment of women in society remains highly problematic in many countries …

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