Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Global as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Global: Survey on employee attitudes towards data security in the workplace
A recent six-country survey of white-collar employees in large companies carried out on behalf of SailPoint has found that although 85% of employees would react negatively if their personal data was compromised by their company, two-thirds used a common password for all applications and one in five would sell their passwords to an outsider …
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Global: Trend continues towards later retirement
As life expectancy increases across the globe, governments are progressively adjusting the normal state retirement age in order to minimise pressure on pension funds …
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Global: OECD Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has secured signatures from 31 country governments on its Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) …
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Global: Annual report on MBA programmes around the world
The Financial Times (FT) has just published its latest annual report on MBA programmes worldwide …
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Global: Update on state aid for job creation
More than half of all countries in the world provide incentives aimed at job creation, although in recent years the focus of state aid has been on creating ‘quality jobs’, jobs in ailing sectors or regions, or more general assistance aimed at research and development investments — which have an indirect impact on job creation …
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Global: Cabin crews threaten major airlines
The first round of negotiations with the flight attendants’ union have begun at Cathay Pacific for the 2016 pay round …
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Global: Trans-Pacific trade deal agreed
Further to our report in the last edition of our newswire, a free trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the USA and Vietnam has now been concluded …
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Global: Public criticism of the International Trade Union Confederation
Fault lines are appearing in the international trade union movement with recent public criticism of the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) from a powerful member — the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) …
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Global: Global employers for gender equality
A gathering of major global employers on the eve of the UN Global Leader’s Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment has made major commitments to ridding the world of gender discrimination by 2030 …
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Global: Comparative price level data
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s latest data on comparative price levels around the world shows that living costs continue to be highest in Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Australia and the UK …
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Global: Comparative price level data
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s latest data on comparative price levels around the world shows that living costs continue to be highest in Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Australia and the UK …
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Global: Stricter rules on cross-border taxation
The world’s biggest economies (G20) have agreed on stricter controls on cross-border corporation tax …
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