Warehouse workers risk COVID-19 to ship Gucci shades, face cream, sofas
(Reuters) – As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of non-essential businesses to fight coronavirus, retailer Nordstrom Inc closed hundreds of stores…
JAPAN: Yokohama, the only Japanese city with enough childcare facilities
A shortage of childcare facilities in Japan has been keeping many women out of the workforce. Demand for childcare service…
1 Dec 2013 Spotlight: “Preferential flex-ployment”
What’s the best way to get out-of-work women, back into the workforce? Some are advocating what’s called “preferential flex-ployment”. It…
13 Oct 2013 Spotlight: Working Poor
Social service practitioners and labour economists in Singapore — have identified an emerging class of what’s termed, the “working poor”.…
SG+: Ageing Workforce – Finding the Silver Lining
As one of Asia’s fastest ageing populations, it is estimated that by 2030, one-fifth of the population will be 65…
China’s ‘zombie’ economy
China announced it expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in its coal and steel industries, about 15 per cent…