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[US] Salary history enquiry ban in Cincinnati [US] Salary history enquiry ban in Cincinnati

An ordinance has been passed in Cincinnati, Ohio, banning employers from questioning job applicants about their current earnings or salary...
09 Apr 2019

[New York] McDonald's will end their lobbying against minimum wage [New York] McDonald's will end their lobbying against minimum wage

McDonald’s will end their lobbying against raising worker’s pay in line with the minimum wage
08 Apr 2019

[Beijing] Promise to lighten small firms' social security burden [Beijing] Promise to lighten small firms' social security burden

State television announced that China will forbid local governments from adding to the social security burden for small and micro...
08 Apr 2019

[UK] Waterstones cannot afford Real Living Wage [UK] Waterstones cannot afford Real Living Wage

The managing director of Waterstones has said the business is “frankly not profitable enough” to pay the Real Living Wage
29 Mar 2019

[Kenya and Dubai] Charitable Kenyan man wins $1million Global Teacher Prize [Kenya and Dubai] Charitable Kenyan man wins $1million Global Teacher Prize

A Kenyan teacher who gives 80 per cent of his wages to charity, has won the $1million Global Teacher Prize,Evening Standard reports.
29 Mar 2019

[Nigeria] Obiano remains committed to N30,000 minimum wage promise [Nigeria] Obiano remains committed to N30,000 minimum wage promise

Governor Obiano remains committed to keeping his promise to be the first governor to pay the new N30,000 minimum wage
28 Mar 2019

[UK] High Court dismisses collective bargaining case [UK] High Court dismisses collective bargaining case

A case brought by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has been dismissed by the High Court
28 Mar 2019