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Bringing labour demand in line with supply, overcoming supply chain problems and changing exchange rates are becoming major headaches for governments seeking to control inflation: Although rising price inflation continues to eat into the value of average earnings in many countries such as the USA, UK and Germany, excess demand will eventually lead many companies to break ranks and either introduce major pay hikes, or index-link pay and benefits to consumer prices …

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Employers should be extremely cautious about repeating the errors of the 1970s and allowing themselves to be persuaded to inflation-proof pay …

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As lockdowns end employees who continue to use Personal protective equipment (PPE) are being increasingly subjected to social pressures and ridicule …

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Although many countries experienced the onset of the Omicron variant back in January 2022, it is only just passed its peak in many European and Asian countries …

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The pandemic is now being rapidly overshadowed by the Ukraine war, but it was already being heavily downplayed by under-reporting and growing public indifference …

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Advice relating to COVID-19 has led us to focus on social distance as a way to protect ourselves against infection …

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Demographic projections concerning the proportion of people who are aged over 65 indicates that within Europe there will be vast differences in age profiles …

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A less than accurate special report has been prepared for the UK House of Commons Library and published online this month …

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In 82 out of 185 countries studied women were not entitled to a minimum of 14 weeks maternity leave …

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The impact of the great recession (2007-10), Pandemic (2020-22?) and Ukraine war (February 2022 – ) have all sent shock waves through the world economy, making most of us significantly poorer than we would be if they had not taken place …

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The annual rate of price inflation across the advanced economies in the OECD reached a 30-year high of 6 …

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Companies with operations in a number of countries may need to take action to protect themselves and staff from rising community crime levels …

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Last year, the world saw a 105% surge in ransomware cyberattacks …

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One of the principal global victims of the Ukraine war will be consumer price inflation …

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Although passenger air miles have fallen during the last two years, the number of unruly passenger cases escalated to investigation have climbed significantly …

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