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Spain's Internship Reform Bill Dropped Amid Election Crisis
Spain's government has abandoned its plans to reform the internship system, citing the country's election crisis. The bi...
The 'Gen Z Stare' Is a Signal From a Squeezed Service Workforce
A former McDonald's worker and labor research suggest flat wages, lean staffing and automation have made emotional labor...
Spain's Ghost Job Problem: How Many Online Listings Are Real Vacancies?
From Eurostat to InfoJobs, the data show a gap between job ads and real hiring. In Spain, where vacancies are scarce and...
Czech Defense Firms Flip From Recruiting Push to Inbound Talent
Record exports and NATO spending targets have turned Czech arms makers CSG and Excalibur Army into magnetic employers. T...
Kazakh PM: Work Exists for Those Who Want It Amid 845,000 Vacancies
Official data point to a paradox: hundreds of thousands of unfilled vacancies and about 300,000 foreign workers a year, ...
Strong US August payrolls lift rate-hike odds to 58%; Dow falls
US employers added 162,000 jobs in August, far above the 53,000 forecast. Traders now see a 58% chance of a September Fe...
Peru's Minimum Wage Rise to S/1,300 Will Lift Some Higher-Paid Workers Too
Peru's planned RMV increase from S/1,130 to S/1,300 goes beyond the lowest-paid: family allowances and night-work minimu...
China Opens Community-Level Posts to College Graduates in New Employment Push
A joint circular directs urban and rural communities to expand hiring of graduates in sociology, social work, psychology...
Lula Opens Brazil Re-Election Bid as Traditional Union Base Shrinks
Brazil's president kicks off his October re-election campaign in São Bernardo do Campo, but data shows the PT's old trad...
Brazil Job Confidence Hits Survey High as Retail and Temporary Hiring Lift Outlook
FGV's July labour market survey shows 59.3% of Brazilians see little risk of losing their job, the highest share in the ...
Global Youth Unemployment Rises Again as Post-Pandemic Jobs Recovery Stalls
The ILO says global youth unemployment reached 12.4% in 2025, with 67 million under-25s looking for work, as job creatio...
Bulgaria Replaces Automatic Minimum Wage Link With Four-Part Formula From 2027
The government, employers and unions have agreed on four criteria for Bulgaria's 2027 minimum wage, ending the direct av...
Census Bureau Releases Biweekly Business Conditions Data for U.S. Employers
The U.S. Census Bureau's Business Trends and Outlook Survey adds biweekly, geographically detailed data on revenues, pay...
French Firms' AI Use Triples to 18%, Nearing EU Average, Insee Says
An Insee survey finds 18% of French companies with 10 or more staff used AI in 2025, tripling since 2023 and close to th...
The Rise of the 'Disposable Worker'—and How AI Could Make More of Them
An expert's data-driven warning: contract, freelance and 'marginal' staff now do essential work without real security, a...
US Inflation Slows to 3.4% in July, but September Fed Decision Hangs in the Balance
Cooling headline and core inflation matched forecasts, yet a split Fed, weak July payrolls and a largely closed Strait o...
AI’s Jobs Riddle Deepens as Layoffs, Growth Studies, and CEO U-Turns Collide
Big Tech firms shed thousands while studies show AI adopters can grow headcount. Economists demand policy action as the ...
July Jobs Shock Erases September Rate Hike Bets, Ignites Stock Rally
The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July, far below forecasts of an 83,000 gain, leading traders to abando...
Slovakia's Record Job Vacancies Go Unfilled as Skills Mismatch Deepens
Despite a record 152,862 vacancies, Slovakia's unemployment rate hit 5.9%, exposing a widening gap between worker skills...
Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim
The five largest Portuguese banks collectively employed 25,085 people at end-June, down 283 from a year ago, as cost-cut...
Return to Office Surge: The Real Reasons Behind the Shift — and the High-Stakes Trade-Offs
Five years after remote work seemed the new normal, Moscow’s offices are filling again. An HR expert explains why the pe...
U.S. Services Sector Growth Accelerates Slightly in July, ISM Data Shows
The ISM Services PMI inched up to 54.1, marking 25 months of expansion. Business activity and new orders surged, but emp...
Japan’s Minimum Wage ‘Chicken Race’ Fades as Central Council Calls for Realism
After prefectures vied to avoid the shame of being the lowest-paying, leading to oversized hikes and delayed enforcement...
More German Retirees Work as Employers Warn on 'Rente mit 63'
Retiree employment in Germany inched up to 14% in 2025, the Mikrozensus shows, as a political fight over scrapping early...
Japan's Latest Briefings: Defense Export Shift, Middle East Oil Risk and a New Labor Market
From loosened defense export rules to Middle East supply risks and a transformed hiring landscape, Japan's latest news c...
German Unemployment Passes Three Million Again as July Data Swells
Germany's jobless count returned above three million in July, lifting the unemployment rate to 6.4 percent — though most...
Bulgaria's Unemployment Rate Edges Up to 3% in June, Still Half the EU Average
Bulgaria's jobless rate rose slightly to 3% in June, Eurostat data show, leaving the country tied with Cyprus for the lo...
French Managers Now Take Longer Sick Leave Than Other Staff, AXA Study Finds
For the first time, French cadres spent more days on sick leave in 2025 than non-managers, driven by psychological disor...
Russian Labor Ministry Names In-Demand Professions for Next Seven Years
Minister Anton Kotyakov identifies engineers, doctors, teachers and skilled workers as stable career paths through 2033,...
Turkey’s Unemployment Rate Dips to 7.6% in June as Job Market Gains Ground
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell 0.5 points to 7.6%, employment rose by 227,000, and youth unemployment dropped...