Tag: Employment and Labor
dockworkers at england’s biggest freight port join strike against inflation
In the UK, inflation-linked strikes continue in transport, post and now dockworkers. Employees are demanding wage increases in line with the price increase, which in July reached 10.1% over one…
Portugal seeks foreign workers for its key sectors
A new law on immigration facilitates the granting of visas to allow foreign labor to run certain sectors essential for the country, such as tourism. From our correspondent in Lisbon,…
Hospitality: “Wages are not the number one point, it is a question of supply and demand”
Laurent Duc, the president of the national branch “Hospitality” of the Union des métiers des industries de l’hôtellerie, the first employers’ union in the CHRD sector (cafés-hotels-restaurants-discotheques), and owner of…
mushroom cultivation as an integration tool for disadvantaged people
The Challenge Futura Foundation, headed by the Congolese inventor Tsengué-Tsengué, with other public and private partners, has just completed a pilot project to train the physically handicapped and the hearing…
Seasonal workers: “We are in a situation where we have to close one or two days a week”
In summer, the little hands essential to run hotels and restaurants are the seasonal workers. While the tourist season is in full swing, many are struggling to find accommodation. Especially…
the shortage of foreign workers is hampering many sectors
In New Zealand, the country is experiencing a shortage of workers in so many sectors, including health. The Pacific archipelago, which has just reopened its borders after more than two…
Decline in unemployment among the youngest in France: “The market is favorable to young graduates”
Unemployment in France continued to fall in the second quarter, especially for young people, despite the clouds that are gathering with the repercussions of the war in Ukraine. According to…
In the spotlight: a visit in the heart of summer, almost on the sly
That of MBS in Paris, “ a host as cumbersome as it is essential “, title The Parisian. After Athens, the Saudi crown prince arrives in the French capital and…
France: the great exhaustion of interns in medicine
They are not yet qualified and yet their job is already exhausting them, even killing them. In France, medical interns represent 40% of medical staff in hospitals. Half-doctor, half-student, some…
Recruitment through play
And if professional recruitment went through the game? More and more companies are abandoning classic interviews and offering candidates the opportunity to take part in “Escape games”, games in which…