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[Australia] 7-Eleven pays employees back $173m [Australia] 7-Eleven pays employees back $173m

A repayment of $173m has been made to more than 4,000 current and former franchisee employees of 7-Eleven franchises following...

03 Nov 2020

[India] Recognising labourers as human beings [India] Recognising labourers as human beings

The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked one of the largest exoduses of people since partition, in India. The country’s highly dense population, lack...

29 Oct 2020

[China] Report denies ‘forced labour’ accusations [China] Report denies ‘forced labour’ accusations

According to a report, released on October 26, the poverty alleviation policy in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region meets the...

29 Oct 2020

[Singapore] Koh Poh Koon’s comments against minimum wage dubbed ‘commonsensical' [Singapore] Koh Poh Koon’s comments against minimum wage dubbed ‘commonsensical'

Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister, K Shanmugam, has dubbed the comments of People’s Action Party colleague Koh Poh Koon...

27 Oct 2020

[Indonesia] Zero per cent increase predicted for Jakarta’s minimum wage in 2021 [Indonesia] Zero per cent increase predicted for Jakarta’s minimum wage in 2021

The Indonesian Indigenous Entrepreneurs Association (HIPPI) has predicted that Jakarta’s provincial minimum wage (UMP) for Jakarta will not increase in...

23 Oct 2020

[China and Japan] Travel allowed between countries for business or by expats [China and Japan] Travel allowed between countries for business or by expats

This week the governments of China and Japan are set to agree to allow travel to resume between them for...

22 Oct 2020

[Australia] Wage thieves could be excluded from subsidy scheme [Australia] Wage thieves could be excluded from subsidy scheme

Employers who fire existing staff to take advantage of taxpayer cash incentives for hiring young workers could be excluded from...

22 Oct 2020

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