Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Global as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’. 

Global: Statutory minimum wage (26th September 2021)

Although significant increases are being awarded and promised to low paid workers, the picture is not all that it appears …

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Global: Pay update (25th September 2021)

Collective bargaining remains generally at a low level with most negotiated and un-negotiated pay increases being at below the rate of price inflation – leading to falling real pay levels …

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Global: Criminal records checks

Although companies frequently hire employees from another country, they do not always take the wise precaution of requesting criminal records certificates …

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Global: Employment update (23rd September 2021)

The most severe job vacancy problems around the World are seldom “across the board” and usually focus on a handful of key sectors, or occupations …

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Global: Expat futures

An important feature of working as an executive or career professional in a multinational company has long been the opportunity to gain international experience …

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Global: Unemployment update (21st September 2021)

Although the global trend is towards a reduction in joblessness, its fall is being held back in a number of ways …

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Global: Humanoid robots

The era in which most robotic devices are just operated by a remote control like a model car will soon be over …

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Global: Prices updated (19th September 2021)

A faltering recovery and reluctance of regulatory bodies, such as the US Federal Reserve, to responsibly control money supply are pulling in opposite directions – making price inflation continue unchecked, with energy prices surging in many regions …

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Global: Unruly passengers

Many employees remain reluctant to travel overseas on business because of the heightened risks of contracting new COVID-19 variants, but one danger they may underestimate is the worsening conduct of other passengers …

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Global: Statutory minimum wage update (11th September 2021)

The principal focus for pay increases in many countries are the low paid …

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Global: Pay update (10th September 2021)

Although price rises in Europe are currently largely driven by changes in energy costs, in the future, they will be driven by highly inflationary pay rises, especially for low paid workers (see below) …

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Global: Prices updated (9th September 2021)

According to Eurostat, price inflation in the euro area over the year to August stood at an estimated 3 …

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Global: Unemployment update (8th September 2021)

As government support programmes come to an end, the real impact of the pandemic is now becoming visible …

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Global: Employment update (7th September 2021)

Although some economies are experiencing a bounce back, much of the apparent economic activity is short-lived, or illusory …

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Global: The “third workplace”

The Wework organisation is expanding the availability of its on-demand product to Australia, the Irish Republic, Singapore and the UK …

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