wages

Stockholm-headquartered multi-national high fashion brand H&M has announced that it will increase payments for its clothing items manufactured in Bangladesh to compensate for increased worker wages. H&M's decision comes weeks after…

When James Lynn lost his job early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur.It hasn't been easy."You know, entrepreneurship is like being in a maze, where you know where you want to go but you're…

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The cost of a home-cooked vegetarian thali in Mumbai has increased by 65% in the last five years. At the same time, the average wage earned by a casual labourer working in urban Maharashtra has increased by only 37% and that of a salaried…

The Co-operative Bank is offering to compensate customers who were left unable to pay their bills on pay day due to a "payment processing system issue".Many of the bank's 3.1 million customers did not receive wages, benefits…

Majority of workers in India are still without any social security coverage and informal employees are prioritising factors such as prestige and career potential over wages today, said a Quess Corp report. As per the report, 97 per cent of…

Japan's nominal base salary experienced its most rapid growth in 28 years in May, according to government data cited by Reuters released on Friday, intensifying the discussion surrounding the timing of the central bank's withdrawal from its…

Higher wages are the "biggest driver of price rises" for two-thirds of businesses, according to the findings of a report which will do nothing to ease worries at the Bank of England that inflation is coming under control.The…

LOS ANGELES: Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel workers went on strike on Sunday (Jul 2) demanding pay hikes and improved benefits in a region where high housing costs make it difficult for low-wage earners to live close to where they hold…

As profits become essential to determining the outlook for inflation, the European Central Bank has stepped up its efforts to acquire data that is normally only revealed with a long time lag and little detail. This year, the central bank…