Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Global as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Global: Pay settlements in the airline industry
A mixed bag of rises in some carriers taking advantage of the post-pandemic recovery, whilst others are still suffering …
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Global: What did the pandemic do for drinking at home?
Although bars and restaurants were frequently closed during the pandemic, alcohol consumption was generally much higher …
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Global: How do employees react to their own skill obsolescence?
A recent article in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation reveals the link between human capital investment and perceived automation risks in sixteen countries around the World …
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Global: What are the pressing HR business risks of climate change?
Most multinational organisations have yet to establish a “Climate Resilience Committee” to address such risks …
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Global: Which benefits work?
Attractive mixes of employee benefits are becoming harder to determine, as so many companies are now providing generous benefit packages that include a cocktail of such things as flexitime, enhanced family-friendly leave arrangements, life insurance, commuter passes and stock options …
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Global: ILO report points to end of labour market recovery
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has just published its “Monitor on the World of Work” which points out that after significant gains in working hours up to Q4 2021, there was a global drop of 3 …
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Global: Vulnerability to global price trends
Back in 1970, the average proportion of GDP for countries around the World accounted for by imports was just 12 …
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Global: Avoiding organised crime
The latest organised crime index illustrates how widely across the World such networks extend …
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Global: Equal working and business opportunities for women
The World Bank’s “Women, Business and the Law 2022” Report contains its latest analyses of how women’s rights are progressing globally along a number of fronts – including work and pay …
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Global: The labour displacement equation
When price inflation is high and interest rates low, then there is an incentive to borrow to invest in labour displacing technologies …
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Global: NEW ILO minimum rate for seafarers
A three-year deal has been concluded between the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers Federation …
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Global: Changes to the poverty line
The World Bank has announced that its global poverty line will change this Autumn from US$1 …
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Global: EU blacklist
The European Union has revised its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes …
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Global: COVID restrictions are lifting
The pandemic is being treated by many nations as effectively over, with many restrictions lifted …
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Global: Consumer confidence is declining across the OECD
Before the pandemic confidence was weakening, but still above the dividing line between positive and negative levels of potential demand …
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