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Foreign workers will ease Japan’s labour shortage

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JAPAN

Near-stagnation in wages is difficult to reconcile with reports of a very tight labour market in which firms struggle to hire. The answer lies partly in much higher levels of…

Mexico education quality to remain poor despite reform

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MEXICO

They accuse the government of failing to deliver on promises made regarding contract regularisation, pay increases and benefits. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said…

Panama mine contract end will worsen economic woes

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PANAMA

The decision followed weeks of protests over the terms of the newly revised contract. Cobre Panama, located in Colon province, is Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine…

US colleges may see change to income from sports teams

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UNITED STATES

The NLRB case coincides with a class-action suit before a federal appeals court on the issue, throwing a spotlight on whether students playing in the multi-billion-dollar…

Digital gig workers rise up EU policy agenda

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EU

One controversial feature of these conditions is payment-related speculation in the contractual terms of labour platforms. Such practices are especially sensitive in the case of…

Wages weigh on Japan’s monetary policymaking

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JAPAN

The time may be right to move on from what was designed to combat deflation, and attention is being given to wages for guidance. However, rising prices are not feeding through…

Moscow will keep North Caucasus from Ukraine spillover

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RUSSIA

As the war in Ukraine could end in catastrophic failure, any spike in the intensity of social unrest in the North Caucasus would have perilous consequences for Russia’s power…

Lack of digital skills dampens Latin America's outlook

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LATIN AMERICA

Evidence increasingly indicates that the region’s limited progress in the digital economy is caused less by poor connectivity than by the lack of digital skills among its…

Economic reforms will boost Omani employment

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OMAN

This comes on the back of government efforts to implement reforms, including the passage of a new labour law in July. The law aims to support growth and increase the employment…

More US states to contest corporate diversity efforts

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UNITED STATES

Some 15 Republican states have passed or are considering legislation to ban or limit DEI programmes at institutions receiving state funding, including universities and colleges…