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Air India Turbulence: What Employees Flying on Work Trips Should Know About Safety and Compensation 

Air India Turbulence: What Employees Flying on Work Trips Should Know About Safety and Compensation 

You are not alone if you've been swept up by Air India's turbulence on a work trip, and you don't have to go it alone. Extreme turbulence can lead to injury, missed flights and complicated

Japan New Foreign Worker Rules: Can You Switch Jobs, Stay Longer and Build a Better Career? Here’s What Changes in 2027 

Japan New Foreign Worker Rules: Can You Switch Jobs, Stay Longer and Build a Better Career? Here’s What Changes in 2027 

Japan's New Foreign Worker Rules will take effect in April 2027 and will abolish the long-abused Technical Intern Training Program in favour of a new program called "Employment for Skill Development.” The reforms introduce greater

Retiring the Retirement Age: How Ireland’s New Law Protects Senior Workers Until Age 66

Retiring the Retirement Age: How Ireland’s New Law Protects Senior Workers Until Age 66

The Employment Contractual Retirement Ages Act 2025 has been enacted to ensure that those working beyond their State Pension age do not end up forced into retirement before then. It takes care of the ever-present

Platform Workers Gain Historic Global Protections: What the New ILO Standards Mean for Gig Workers

Platform Workers Gain Historic Global Protections: What the New ILO Standards Mean for Gig Workers

The landmark agreement was adopted at the ILO conference in Geneva by a vote of 406 to eight, the first global treaty specifically establishing minimum labour protections for workers earning through digital platforms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLHqp8LZK4Q&vl=en The

China’s Robotaxi Boom Is Hurting Taxi Drivers—Here’s Why Workers Should Take Notice 

China’s Robotaxi Boom Is Hurting Taxi Drivers—Here’s Why Workers Should Take Notice 

The robotaxi wave in China is already affecting the earnings of the drivers. For example, the most recent analysis of the ride-hailing market situation in Wuhan revealed that the income of the traditional taxi drivers

Federal Workforce Layoffs 2026: Which Employees Are Most at Risk? 

Federal Workforce Layoffs 2026: Which Employees Are Most at Risk? 

Hundreds of thousands of government workers in Washington are unsure of what their future holds, because thousands of federal workers have been let go in a series of layoffs that occurred in the state in

Ending ‘Kasuhara’: How Japan’s New Anti-Customer Harassment Rules Protect Frontline Staff

Ending ‘Kasuhara’: How Japan’s New Anti-Customer Harassment Rules Protect Frontline Staff

Japan is taking one of the epic steps it has overdue with respect to workplace protection measures, by legally mandating employers to implement a customer harassment prevention system. As of October 1, 2026, companies will

Pregnant During Government Job Recruitment? This High Court Ruling Could Protect Your Career 

Pregnant During Government Job Recruitment? This High Court Ruling Could Protect Your Career 

During the government job recruitment process, if you are pregnant, then you should not be forced to either take the child or let the job go. The Allahabad High Court has pronounced a landmark judgment

Finland Rewrites Employment Law: What the New 12-Month Fixed Contract Means for Corporate HR

Finland Rewrites Employment Law: What the New 12-Month Fixed Contract Means for Corporate HR

Employers will have more options for recruiting workers on fixed-term contracts in Finland thanks to the new amendments to the country's Employment Contracts Act (Työsopimuslaki). The most impactful change enables a fixed-term contract for up

AI Job Security Takes Center Stage as 1,100 OpenAI, Google and Meta Employees Demand Slower AI Development 

AI Job Security Takes Center Stage as 1,100 OpenAI, Google and Meta Employees Demand Slower AI Development 

Over 1,100 workers at some of the largest AI firms, such as OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic, have signed a petition asking the U.S. government to purposefully slow the development of cutting-edge AI systems. The