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Tag: Wages

Posted inChina, Covid-19, Hong Kong

HK’s flight ban causes maids’ salaries to spike

by Jeff Pao April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Domestic staff in Hong Kong are poised to win big pay rises and demand better conditions as Covid-based restrictions on incoming workers create a shortage. Suspension of flights from the Philippines has forced between 1,400 and 2,800 domestic workers to delay their trips to Hong Kong, pushing up the costs of recruiting helpers in the […]

3D rendering of a female android robot with red laser beam sight holding a gun against gray background. She is ready to fire!
Posted inWorld

AI leads to inhumane ‘smart society’

by Immanuel Fruhmann March 29, 2019February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, World

GM proves that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability

by Marshall Auerback December 8, 2018
US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer who “scorns the multilateral approach in favor of bilateralism" speaks next to US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inEuropean Union, Middle East, World

The Democrats’ globalization dilemma

by Marshall Auerback October 21, 2018
A group of Mexican labor union members don US President Donald Trump masks, during a protest against his economic policies and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Photo: AFP/Alfredo Estrella
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Mexico, Middle East, World

Trump’s NAFTA deal can’t solve America’s manufacturing problems

by Marshall Auerback September 4, 2018
More Filipino nurses are seeking employment in the United States for higher wages. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, World

More Filipino nurses seek higher-paid employment in US

by Asia Times staff August 30, 2018February 18, 2020
A Vietnamese factory worker. Photo by iStock.
Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam

Vietnam to raise minimum wage by 5.3% in 2019

by Asia Times staff August 16, 2018February 18, 2020
The Labor Tribunal in Hong Kong. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Philippines

Filipino maid settles dispute, but ex-boss keeps her passport

by Asia Times staff July 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Peninsula Plaza in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore

Maids urged to open bank accounts to reduce disputes

by Asia Times staff May 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reacts as he answers questions during a media conference in Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, November 22, 2016. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch/via Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Korea

Smaller Australian businesses underperform in exports

by Giovanni Di Lieto April 30, 2018
Many Indonesian domestic workers had not been paid in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Egypt, Indonesia, Middle East

Embassy collects $2.9m in unpaid salaries for Saudi maids

by Asia Times staff April 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been bypassed by recent developments on the Korean peninsula, but appears eager to play a role in talks with North Korea in coming weeks. Photo: Reuters/ Kim Kyung-Hoon
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Yen rally exacerbates Japan’s ‘Toyota problem’

by William Pesek March 21, 2018February 18, 2020
A man walks past a display of global stock indices (green for losses) in Tokyo. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea

Japan’s wage paradox has roots in 1997 Yamaichi crash

by William Pesek December 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Abenomics reminds us why ‘trickle down’ doesn’t work

by William Pesek November 17, 2017February 18, 2020
The prayers are working? Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Yuriko Koike, his main rival in the October 22 election, attend a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, October 8, 2017. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Let’s applaud Japan’s newest economic debate

by William Pesek October 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Japan's flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016.  Reuters/Toru Hanai
Posted inEuropean Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s second quarter GDP revised down from stellar first reading

by Reuters September 8, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Summer bonuses at major Japanese firms fall for first time in 5 years

by Peter Langan June 11, 2017
New vehicles await export at a port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017.     REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s economy expands at fastest pace in a year in Jan-March

by Reuters May 18, 2017February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai

Chinese bankers and brokers brace for bonus blues

by Reuters February 2, 2017February 18, 2020

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