Chinese household-appliance maker Elec-Tech International has vowed to improve safety conditions in the workplace and offered additional financial compensation to those disabled by industrial mishaps.…
Chinese household-appliance maker Elec-Tech International has vowed to improve safety conditions in the workplace and offered additional financial compensation to those disabled by industrial mishaps.…
HMV chairman Robert Swannell is being tipped to take the same role at Marks & Spencer. His appointment as successor to Stuart Rose is likely to be formally announced next month, according to Sky N…
General Motors Co. hired a senior marketing executive away from rival Hyundai Motor Co. in the automaker’s latest move aimed at adding more consumer punch to its Chevrolet brand.
GM said Christo…
US-based food and consumer-products maker Sara Lee Corp. said on 9 August its CEO Brenda Barnes will step down permanently for health reasons. Barnes has also resigned from her chairmanship and her po…
Taiwan IT giant Foxconn plans to hire up to 400,000 new employees in mainland China over the coming year, partly to keep up production despite cutting maximum overtime hours, officials said on Thursda…
Japanese companies need to have a better understanding of the rapidly changing popular sentiment in China and improve communication with workers at their affiliated plants in the country, veteran jour…
It’s been clear over the past few months that labour costs are going up in China. That’s now rippling to other manufacturing economies in Asia. So says Bruce Rockowitz, president of Li &am…
Demand for higher wages and better conditions has put the spotlight on China’s young labour pool. Despite recent concessions, many workers believe they deserve more and move from one factory to …
Employee costs for Indian companies continue to grow at a fair pace even though their profit growth is showing signs of moderation.
In the latest June quarter, the employee costs of 2,987 listed compa…
The former CEO of Marks & Spencer’s Indian business, Mark Ashman, has jumped ship to run local rival Hypercity in India.
Ashman will join Hypercity as CEO this autumn, having left Marks &…