Hong Kong owners of factories in Mainland China say they are desperate for migrant workers as millions so far have yet to return following the Lunar New Year break.
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ABN may lay off 70 in retail loan business
ABN Amro India, owned by the troubled UK’s Royal Bank of Scotland, may lay off about 70 employees in its retail loans business, as the British bank continues to sell off assets to focus in its h…
Nike OEMs show poor labour practices in China
According to the "Nike 2007-2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report", more than 20 percent of Nike’s original equipment manufacturers have asked their employees to work excessive o…
South Australian food outlets come under scrutiny
Fast-food and takeaway businesses across South Australia will be targeted by the Fair Work Ombudsman over the next four months to ensure people are being paid correctly.
Major fast-food franchises, fi…
Cadbury executives quit
Cadbury PLC said on 3 February that three top officials will step down after the British candy maker’s shareholders approved Kraft Foods Inc.’s GBP11.9-billion (USD19.02-billion) takeover …
P&G executive in Asia stresses staying attuned
Joanne Crewes, a Singapore-based Procter & Gamble Vice President, discusses the biggest lesson she learned from her first job, and the difference between Asia and the rest of the world in the skin…
Cadbury cuts 60 workers in Melbourne
Chocolate giant Cadbury has announced 60 of its workers will lose their jobs when it closes its Melbourne warehouse this year.
The Melbourne workers will be made redundant around July-August when the …
Versace confirms job cuts in bid to return to profit in 2011
Versace has confirmed it will make 350 job cuts in a bid to return to profitability by 2011.
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Bolland’s M&S pay deal “ridiculous”, say shareholders
Investors and shareholder advisory groups have lambasted the pay package awarded to incoming Marks & Spencer Chief Executive Marc Bolland.
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Toyota union to drop wage-scale hike demand
The Toyota Motor Workers’ Union has decided not to demand a pay-scale hike during this spring’s labour-management wage talks, union sources have said.
The union, which comprises 63,000 wor…