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Despite what my colleague Nick McKenzie says, Ben Carroll will not regret calling the Big Build royal commission.

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- A salt farm owner was sentenced to four years and six...

Un objet volant se dirigeant vers les pays baltes a été détecté en provenance de la Biélorussie, a annoncé le Centre national lituanien de gestion des crises.

The Cabinet approved the “Bihar Ki Beti Startup Challenge Scheme”, under which, 2,100 female students may be provided benefits beginning from the current financial year

Selon une étude du cabinet SHL, réalisée en juin et juillet 2026, 19,1 % des salariés américains interrogés déclarent avoir été remplacés par l’IA avant d’être sollicités pour reprendre leur poste.

We need more unemployment to drag inflation down. Will you volunteer?

The move aims at streamlining staff deployment and addressing manpower shortages

The Health Minister says that the government is likely to provide 42 days of leave to employees who donate organs

These executives are showing contempt for people they lead and it’s not OK, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Olajuwon Akinyemi as the acting Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, replacing Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, PUNCH Online has learnt. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-waste-crisis-sanwo-olu-appoints-acting-lawma-md-orders-redeployment-of-senior-officers/

The grant tier will support enterprises that employ a meaningful number of people with disabilities who have moderate support needs.   

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Police maintained a presence outside former prime minister Najib Razak's residence...

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SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has adopted an artificial intelligence (A...

Employees interested in cross-Border moves for better pay and opportunities cite the daily cost of commuting as an issue

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has test-fired a new type of torpedo in t...

The charges against the employee of a company specialising in employing Indigenous workers will raise fresh questions about the government’s social procurement policy.

Meta is expanding its AI technology globally to detect teenagers who misrepresent their age on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, placing them in protected Read More: https://punchng.com/meta-deploys-ai-to-detect-underage-users/

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has test-fired a new type of torpedo in t...

Under a proposed federal rule, Americans seeking unemployment aid would have to conduct more job searches each week.

A Toronto woman has been charged after investigators allege she defrauded a registered charity she was working for out of more than half-a-million dollars. “While employed by the charity, the accused carried out a series of fraudulent transactions, misappropriating funds belonging to the organization,” a Toronto Police release alleged. The release adds that

An ED spokesman said there was misappropriation of PMEGP Scheme’s loans in criminal conspiracy with the PMEGP borrowers, bank officials of Sumbal Branch and Gamud Gadkhud Branch of J&K Bank and other unknown persons

An Ajax swimming supervisor has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a youth employee. Durham police say the investigation began after allegations were made against a 20-year-old male supervisor at Aqua-Tots in Ajax. It’s alleged the incident involved a 15-year-old female employee under his supervision. Investigators allege he used his position o

A fisherman involved in his rescue said the man told him he worked as a pianist on the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship, operated by Royal Caribbean.

A Labor Department proposal would require unemployment claimants to report at least five qualifying work-search activities each week.

Ottawa is also proposing other changes that would exempt other professions from the six per cent rule and allow employers to hire more temporary foreign workers.

Employees whose recruitment process had commenced before September 1, 2004 but appointments were made thereafter are eligible for the one-time option

OTTAWA — The federal government is extending the period of time a business can employ a low-wage temporary foreign worker.

Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast.

The Ogun State Government has attributed the overcrowding at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Sagamu to a significant increase in the number of prospective corps members posted to the state. Read More: https://punchng.com/nysc-deployment-surge-caused-sagamu-camp-overcrowding-ogun/

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has prepared 85 Emergency Medical Teams comprising 387 personnel t...

KOTA BHARU, Nov 9 — A total of 59 members of the Psychological Support Team (PST) from various agencies, including...

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Sinn Féin's spokesperson on social protection has described the Tánaiste's comments on unemployment as "straight out of the Tory playbook".

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said Monday that South...

Agitated family members, kin and villagers prevented the forest personnel and the police from retrieving the body of the deceased man.

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The Nigerian Air Force has approved a major shake-up of its senior leadership, involving fresh appointments and postings across its operational commands, strategic institutions and Defence Headquarters. Read More: https://punchng.com/naf-redeploys-senior-officers-appoints-new-commanders-2/

Tánaiste says proposal is ‘what taxpayers across this country expect us to do’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for urgent action to address worsening insecurity, unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, warning that leadership failures are forcing citizens to seek… Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-must-tackle-insecurity-unemployment-obasanjo/

Social media manager subjected to discriminatory treatment over gender after pregnancy, Labour Court finds

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris's pledge to penalise long-term unemployed who refuse to engage with services to get them back to work is an example of the party "punching down at people", a Sinn Féin TD has said.

Two Newport Beach fishermen found a Royal Caribbean cruise ship employee treading water nearly 20 miles off the coast while returning home from a fishing trip near Catalina Island on Friday.

MELAKA, Nov 8 &mdash; Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Ayer Molek seat, Muhammad Hakimin Mokhtar, wants to develop...

Beijing had accused the Japanese citizen of espionage by providing China-related information to an intelligence agency but had not provided further details.

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- More than 70 percent of the increase in regular employ...

A New York City Department of Education employee is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of a 28-year-old woman last week in Brooklyn, authorities announced Saturday.

The Sokoto State Government has deployed emergency medical personnel, drugs and other supplies to Bodinga Local Government Area following reports of deaths and illnesses linked to a suspected fever outbreak in the area. Read More: https://punchng.com/sokoto-deploys-medical-team-over-suspected-fever-outbreak/

New small business formation is rising for owners who can grow with AI serving in finance, marketing and design roles, eliminating the need for hiring.

Contract roles can offer greater flexibility,&nbsp;opportunities to apply one's skills across different projects&nbsp;and higher earning potential, but may also come with less job security and periods without work.

La Syrie va déployer des milliers de soldats en Arabie saoudite et au Yémen, où certains seraient déjà sur place, pour soutenir le gouvernement yéménite et son allié saoudien face aux Houthis pro-iraniens, ont indiqué à l'AFP des responsables yéménites.

De nouvelles manifestations sont prévues samedi pour le quatrième week-end consécutif du mouvement social, avec pour épicentre Paris où des gilets jaunes entendent s'approcher des lieux de pouvoir, deux jours après une mobilisation nationale de grande ampleur.

Employees will now receive a Dearness Allowance of 63%, up from 60%. The increased rate will be effective from July 1, 2026, the State government said in a statement on November 7

DÉCRYPTAGE - Après les manifestations jeudi et samedi dernier, Sébastien Lecornu réunit ce lundi à Matignon syndicats et patronat pour trouver un compromis sur une hausse des rémunérations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 &mdash; More than half of the RM91.78 million collected in immigration compounds during the first 10...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 &mdash; A total of 6,395 police officers and personnel, supported by 3,466 vehicles and motorcycles,...

Employers added 165,000 new jobs in October, greatly outperforming expectations despite inflation. CBS News' Emily Pandise reports.

SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Mirae Asset Securities Co. said Saturday that it suffe...

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi Arabian national, was arrested last month after a bug was discovered in the AI lab’s office