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EPFO Salary Limit Hike: Will the Employees who Draw ₹25,000 Per Month Get More Pension Benefits?

EPFO Salary Limit Hike: Will the Employees who Draw ₹25,000 Per Month Get More Pension Benefits?

If your basic monthly salary ranges between ₹.25,000, then one of the key reforms which the EPFO is planning to introduce in the year 2026 is the EPFO salary limit hike. This has been proposed

Visa Layoffs 2026: Even $450K Executives Lost Their Jobs—Could Your Tech Role Be Next? 

Visa Layoffs 2026: Even $450K Executives Lost Their Jobs—Could Your Tech Role Be Next? 

The Visa cut in 2026 was no exception; no matter how much money the creator of the company or one of its chief architects earns, no engineer who earns nearly half a million dollars per

IKEA AI Jobs: How AI Helped 8,500 Employees Avoid Layoffs and Move Into Better Roles 

IKEA AI Jobs: How AI Helped 8,500 Employees Avoid Layoffs and Move Into Better Roles 

IKEA is launching an AI assistant to deal with customer inquiries, and most people were expecting to see more people working on the job. Rather, the IKEA AI jobs improved – 8,500 of its call

Two Months Extra Birth Leave: Navigating France’s New Parental Leave Top-Ups and CBA Rules

Two Months Extra Birth Leave: Navigating France’s New Parental Leave Top-Ups and CBA Rules

France has implemented one of the mother of all parent leave reforms with the launch of the Supplementary Birth Leave (Congé Supplémentaire de Naissance – CSN). The new system, to be implemented through decrees that

Thinking of Switching Jobs? These Sectors Are Hiring for AI-Ready Talent in 2026 

Thinking of Switching Jobs? These Sectors Are Hiring for AI-Ready Talent in 2026 

Harboured envy of your place of work? You're not alone — if you've been developing any type of AI fluency in the last year or two, it couldn't be a better moment. The demand for

Japan Overtime Reform Rules: Employee Working Hours, Paid Leave and Employer Compliance Guide

Japan Overtime Reform Rules: Employee Working Hours, Paid Leave and Employer Compliance Guide

Japan has implemented major labour reforms to improve work-life balance, reduce excessive overtime, and strengthen worker protections. The reforms tackle one of the country’s long-standing problems at the workplace by setting clear limits on working

Waiting for Your First Social Security Check? Here’s Why It Could Take Longer in 2026 

Waiting for Your First Social Security Check? Here’s Why It Could Take Longer in 2026 

If you're working your way down the days until your first Social Security check, you might have to add a few more. Payment delays are happening more frequently with Social Security in 2026, and there's

Japan’s ‘Zoss Work Culture’: Why Some Gen Z Employees Are Choosing Tough Love Over Quiet Quitting 

Japan’s ‘Zoss Work Culture’: Why Some Gen Z Employees Are Choosing Tough Love Over Quiet Quitting 

A movement in the Japanese workplace that Zoss workers are choosing to embrace in their work lives, even if it means jumping into the heat of public service, giving non-tactile feedback and facing tough management,

Will AI Create a Four-Day Workweek—or Just More Work? 

Will AI Create a Four-Day Workweek—or Just More Work? 

There's a future that is quite delightful. The repetitive grind – the e-mails, the sorting of data, the first drafts – is done by AI, while humans enter a golden age of four-day workweek, longer

26 Weeks and ‘Use-It-or-Lose-It’: How Australia’s Expanded Parental Leave Rewrites Corporate HR

26 Weeks and ‘Use-It-or-Lose-It’: How Australia’s Expanded Parental Leave Rewrites Corporate HR

The final bits of reform to Paid Parental Leave (PPL) in Australia are now done, with the government's new take on the initiative now extended to 26 weeks (130 days) for parents who have children