Jharkhand to hike wage for labourers Zeenews Ranchi: Jharkhand has decided to increase minimum wages for the labourers from Rs 102 to Rs 150, state Deputy Chief Minister Raghuvar Das said Sunday. "State labour department has started working out details to increase wages of the labour force at the earliest," Das, who holds finance and labour po...
British Airways counts the cost of final salary pensions The Observer | , like many of the UK's major employers, is heavily weighed down by commitments to pay staff generous final salary pensions. | The airline has two main occupational retirement schemes, and both have registered towering deficits in the past year. In December, in what was widely seen as a negotiatin...
Return Ticket Home Rests with Employer Khaleej Times ABU DHABI - A worker has no right to demand a return ticket to his country if he applies for cancellation and departure, especially if his employer has been paying his entitlements regularly and wishes to retain him, the Ministry of Labour has affirm...
Former maid sues Kim Kardashian over unpaid wages Newstrack India | London, Feb 8 (ANI): Kim Kardashian's former maid has dragged her to court over unpaid wages. | Isabel Hernandez, who worked for Kardashian while the socialite was married to music producer Damon Thomas, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Cou...
CIT sets John Thain's salary at $6 million a year Yahoo Daily News | NEW YORK (Reuters) – CIT Group Inc (CIT.N) said its new Chief Executive John Thain will get an annual base salary of $6 million, most of which is in stock, and a bonus of up to another $1.5 million, in a nod to compensation practices ...
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Thomas says he's focused on FIU job The Boston Globe | Basketball Isiah Thomas insisted yesterday he is "completely focused'' on his current job at Florida International and would not reveal whether he had any talks about becoming co...
Fit-again Rio Ferdinand is the right man for the job The Times | A few months ago, in a spartan sports hall in one of the most violent inner-city areas of Britain, I watched a footballer hold an audience of street kids rapt as he spoke eloquen...
Obama, GOP sparring over job creation proposals Tulsa World WASHINGTON — Republicans sparred with President Barack Obama in their Saturday media addresses over proposals to create jobs, further evidence of the difficulty of bipartisan sol...
Schumer, Hatch to offer jobs tax credit The Examiner | Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D - NY) FILE PHOTO: HARRIS/EXAMINER | U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today met with local businesses and unemployed workers to discuss his new bipartisan “Hire Now Tax Cut” proposal to provide businesses that h...
Creating jobs: Six steps you won't see taken in Washington The Examiner | President Obama and ranking Senate Democrats AP Photo/Charles Dharapak If you like this ... State of the union and state of the state: An economics lesson for Wisconsin politicians Unemployment rate falls...maybe Feds release fourth quarter GDP res...
'We must work together', Aamir tells Big B The Siasat Daily | Mumbai, February 08: When Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned up to mourn Aamir Khan's father's death, the younger actor expressed a desire to work together. | "We went across to Aamir's place and spent time with him and his family. Tried to keep the atmosphere light and cheerful. It was pleasant. | As Aamir came down to see us off when we...
Citigroup to expand operations in RP, hire 1,000 workers Inquirer | Most Read Business Spa merges with natural medicine In Pangasinan, there's now a town of milk and money History comes full circle as Swiss bank secrecy shudders Reversing negative momentum Hot coal from coco waste spells cold cash for couple Citigroup to expand operations in RP, hire 1,000 workers Marketing of Noynoy, Manny and Gibo–I Damned lies...
UAE inflation hits 9-yr low in 2009 The Guardian * Inflation 1.5 pct y/y in 2009 vs 12.3 pct in 2008 * Consumer prices -0.4 pct y/y in Dec vs 0.17 pct in Nov * Prices -0.7 pct m/m vs +0.4 pct-preliminary data (Adds details, background) By Martin Dokoupil DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates inflation hit a nine-year low of 1.5 percent in 2009, in line with forecasts, as prices returned t...
