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Job fairs to be held in Turkmenistan
Job fairs will be held in Mary and Lebap velayats of the country. This is reported by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan. On August 1, a job fair will take place in the city of Bayramaly (Mary velayat)....

Employment Standards
This change in the Employment Standard Acts will apply from 2026, also requiring firms to outline salary details in adverts and disclose whether artificial intelligence is used in the hiring process. Credits: Pexels; Author: @elletakesphotos;...

Staff remove one tonne of invasive plant from Bourne Stream
Five staff members volunteered to help BCP Council with the environmental cleanup on one of the hottest days of the year. The plant is known to threaten local biodiversity, thriving in moist, semi-shaded areas and producing up to 800 seeds which...

Jobs report may leave Fed regretting not cutting rates
The Federal Reserve didn’t cave to pressure from President Donald Trump and held interest rates steady in its July meeting — one that, for the first time in over 30 years, saw two dissenting votes from board members pushing for an immediate cut....

Job seeker lands offers after ditching traditional applications for new method
A woman looking for work decided to ditch traditional applications and sent 100 handwritten letters to companies she wanted to work with. Content creator Amma Antwi, 34, who goes by the name DSG on social media, thought up the vintage stunt to...

‘Joburg is collapsing’ — DA slams city’s G20 readiness
Cape Town – Johannesburg is facing mounting criticism from the Democratic Alliance (DA) over its readiness to host the upcoming G20 Summit in November, with the party calling out a “leadership vacuum” and systemic service delivery failures across...

Employee killed in accident at Jacob's Pillow performing arts center in Becket

Joby and L3Harris Plan Hybrid VTOL Aircraft for Defense Missions

Employee joins Indian startup after decades of working with US firms, almost dies: ‘Damaged heart, uncertain future’
A professional recently shared a harrowing experience on the "Indian Workplace" subreddit, shedding light on the deeply damaging effects of a toxic job environment. After spending nearly twenty years with multinational companies across the US and...

Staff changes approved by USD 382 BOE in July meeting

Jobs Report Energizes Sherrill
That didn’t take long. On Friday morning, a rather uninspiring jobs report came out. Only 73,000 jobs were created in July. Later, the Dow Jones average dipped more than 500 points. By Friday afternoon, Mikie Sherrill was pointing fingers at her...

Sharp Slowdown in U.S. Job Growth and Rise in Unemployment
Job growth in the United States slowed more than expected in July, while data from the previous month was significantly revised downward — indicating a sharp cooling in the labor market.اضافة اعلان According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics'...

‘Workplace reset’: Employees demand purposeful, flexible workspaces
Employers must do a better job redesigning the workplace to meet the demands of workers, according to a recent report. That’s because incremental improvements are falling short of employee expectations for purposeful, flexible, and human-centred...

Return to five-day week in the office is 'inevitable', UAE employment experts say
It is only a matter of time before most companies in the UAE discard remote options and ask for staff to be based solely in the office during the working week, experts have said. The majority of companies adopted a hybrid working model, with staff...

Without evidence, Trump alleges jobs data was manipulated, fires Labor official
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. Sign up for our free...

Weak US jobs data cast doubt on Fed’s wait-and-see approach
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington. A weaker-than-expected July jobs report is calling into question the Fed’s wait-and-see approach to interest-rate cuts, boosting the likelihood of a reduction at the central bank’s next meeting...

Trump sacks data chief over poor job numbers
President says report was ‘rigged’ to make him look bad WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has fired a top Labor Department official after the release of unexpectedly weak employment figures, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the...

Utah small business hiring challenges ease but remain above historic averages
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its latest monthly Jobs Report, indicating that 33% of small business owners nationally reported job openings they could not fill in July. This figure is down three points from June...

TCS skips labour ministry meet, reaffirms it will honour job offers in written reply
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) skipped a scheduled meeting with the Chief Labour Commissioner on Friday but sent a written response via email, reaffirming that it would honour all pending job offers. According to a report by NDTV, the company...

PRAN-RFL reopens Rajshahi Textile Mills, creates jobs for 2,000 people
PRAN-RFL Group, one of the country’s leading business conglomerates, has successfully created 2,000 jobs within just six months by reviving the long-closed Rajshahi Textile Mills, renamed Barendra Rajshahi Textile Limited. The group now aims to...