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China's 320 Million 'Flexible Workers': A Labour Market Red Flag or New Normal?
A university-linked study projects 320 million Chinese workers—44% of the employed population—will be in flexible employ...
CommBank: Cost-of-living squeeze may ease by 2027 as wages cool
CommBank's July Wage and Labour Insight report points to easing inflation and a more balanced jobs market, but near-term...
German Auto Industry Employment Falls Below 700,000, Lowest Since 2005
Official data show 42,300 German auto jobs disappeared in a year, with parts suppliers hit hardest as the wider manufact...
Bulgaria Has Fewer Than 900,000 Young People—Only a Third Are Employed
Official data show just 34.3% of Bulgarians aged 15–29 are employed, while 98.2% of 16–24-year-olds use the internet reg...
Singapore Graduate Employment Figures 'Not the Be-All and End-All', Experts Say
While three in four public-university graduates find full-time work, experts caution that such narrow metrics conceal un...
German Teacher Shortage Deepens: Up to 10-Year Sick Leaves, 27,000 Vacancies, and a Looming Retirement Wave
Germany’s schools face a structural staffing crisis as long-term illness absences, a retiring teacher generation, and ri...
French Unemployment Climbs to 8.3%, PM Lecornu Defends Macron's Labour Legacy
French unemployment rose to 8.3% in Q2 2026, highest since 2020. PM Lecornu blamed a new full-employment law that reclas...
Dutch Economy Turns More Negative in July as Investment Slump Offsets Export Gains
Nine of thirteen CBS Business Cycle Tracer indicators sit below trend; exports and household spending still grow, but in...
French Unemployment Edges Up 0.8% in Q2, Youth Bear the Brunt of the Reversal
The number of fully jobless people registered with France Travail rose to 3.32 million, reversing a first-quarter declin...
Kuwait Explores Stronger Labour Ties with Bangladesh and Bhutan
The head of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower met the ambassadors of Bangladesh and Bhutan to discuss cooperation o...
French Vocational Training Delivers 4-Year Public ROI, But €1.9bn Cuts Threaten the Model
As the French government eyes €1.9bn in Labour Ministry savings by 2027, a Synofdes study shows each public euro spent o...
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Billion Humanoid Robots by 2040 — and a $34 Trillion AI Economy
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son laid out an audacious forecast at the company’s annual investor day: 1 billion AI-powered...