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Save the world: don't have kids
in Sox First, on August 5, 2009
...;Yet an ivory-tower minority backs yet more population growth. Breed for Britain? Import mass cheap labour? It's environmental suicide. If we reduce emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, the improveme...
Pacific islands' climate change litigation threat
in Sox First, on July 27, 2009
...ich involves the up-skilling of our people to make them competitive and marketable at international labour markets', given the possibility that all 100,000 people in Kiribati must one day move els...
Peak oil and lifestyles
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...on costs of importing products from far-off countries will erase other advantages, such as low-cost labour. It will become, he argues, 'the largest barrier to global trade'. This will lead to ...
Unemployment to soar: bleak times ahead
in Sox First, on March 31, 2009
...the post-war period. And the job crisis is spreading rapidly around the world. The International Labour Organisation estimates that world-wide unemployment could increase by 40 million people by the e...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...Is it green and clean? Is it a morally responsible product? Does it contribute to obesity, to child labour or does it contribute to the electricity grid? The judicious consumer is highly judgmental an...
Zimbabwe: Immigration in the Time of Cholera
in Global Mobility Report, on December 13, 2008
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is warning of an influx of immigrants from Zimbabwe, according to London's Daily Telegraph .
Smith says that refugees fleeing the regime of Zimbabwe's dictator, Robert Mugabe, are buying forged passports in countries bordering Zimbabwe - countries wh...
Bailout politics
in Sox First, on October 2, 2008
...ou can forget about stronger regulations for financial institutions. As Bill Clinton's former labour secretary Robert Reich writes , it won't make any difference: America faces a long and pa...
Global supply chain management the bankers' way...
in Supplychainer, on September 29, 2008
...gers hedge against upheavals that could impact the performance of their networks (e.g. energy cost, labour, etc.).
The approach usually adopted in such efforts is simulation. Using software like Log...
I Choose Wooden Boats, Nigel Judges Vintage British Sports Cars
in Classical Drives, on September 8, 2008
... Decisions! Decisions! Labour Day weekend forced me to choose between Vancouver's 2008 Steamworks Concours and the annual Victoria Wooden Boat Show . In past years I'd journeyed to the ma...
Pop Quiz
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 16, 2008
...income
B. less than 10% of the global income
C. less than 50% of the global income
3. Women's labour produces?
A. all the worlds food
B. half of the world's food
C. a third of the worlds ...
Mr & Mrs Smith by Royal Appointment
in Les Explorers, on avril 1, 2008
...e source close to St James' Palace. 'And, what with Al Fayed's conspiracy theories, the Labour government using the issue of royal taxation to drum up votes and Prince Harry's forced w...
Is Pain-Free Childbirth Possible?
in Next Nine Months, on March 27, 2008
...ntensity of the pain they will experience and sometimes hold an unrealistic ideal for a drug-free labour. In fact, in one study reviewed, more than half of the women interviewed who said they would n...
Babies Delivered via Elective C-Section Run Risks of Breathing Problems
in Next Nine Months, on January 2, 2008
...hough it is still unclear why, they believe that hormonal and physiological changes associated with labour are necessary for lungs to mature and that these changes may not be present in infants delive...
C-section Risk Breathing Problems for Babies
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...ems than those born normally. The reason/s behind it are still unclear, although
The process of labour triggers the release of stress hormones in the mother, which are passed on to the foetus and ...
Australia Will Be Strong, Despite Election: Today's Future Solutions
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 27, 2007
The New Aussie Leader
Quick profile on Kevin Rudd
Australian Voters Reject Howard, Elects Rudd
Rudd Reminiscent of Depression-era Prime Minister Scullin
Kevin Rudd: Pro and Anti China? Alright global economy, start taking notes. Australia is definitely doing something right . Fo...
Novo Nordisk's Levemir®, Approved in Japan
in Daily Diabetic, on October 23, 2007
...nounced the approval of its Levemir® ( insulin detemir ) by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare .
Levemir® (insulin detemir) is Novo Nordisk's long-acting modern insu...
Jamaica Evaluating Immigration Rules
in Global Mobility Report, on October 22, 2007
...of citizens in member countries. Antigua recently implemented new restrictions.
See Immigration, labour issues still in focus , Nationnews.com, October 22, 2007, for more information.
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The myth of labor market deregulation
in Sox First, on September 27, 2007
...und the world, including Australia, Governments have adopted policies around the ideology of labour market deregulation. Put simply, the view is that a deregulated labour market is good for bus...
European Union Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on September 13, 2007
... new visa rules for "highly-qualified third country workers." The so-called "Blue EU Labour Card" would allow immigrant workers to more easily work within the European Union and pe...
CDC Software Agrees to Acquire Catalyst International
in Supplychainer, on September 10, 2007
... includes Warehouse Management , transportation management, dynamic route planning, slotting, labour management, cross-dock planning and yard management.
The completion of the acquisition is su...
Is Outsourcing Profitable?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 22, 2007
...ollowing have different advantages to offer when it comes to outsourcing. These factors include low labour costs and abundant supply of skilled manpower.
Though that is the case, the profitability o...
Bahrain Offers Expats Online Information
in Global Mobility Report, on August 21, 2007
...Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority now has a website to provide expatriate workers and their families information about their government files. The website is also accessible to their em...
EVO Issues Sobering Reminder Regarding Lambo Ownership
in carzz.org, on August 20, 2007
...the factory was prepared to contribute half the cost of the parts. But when you tot up 60 hours of labour at dealer prices of £150 an hour, plus a camshaft costing £1500 after Lamborghini has made its...
A Filipino Flare for Drama
in Hidden Travel Gems, on August 1, 2007
...usively English language material, which, this season, includes Shakespeare 's Love's Labour Lost and the stage version of Cinderella. Tanghalang Pilipino provides a more authentic exp...
Bluff Europe Poker in the Park a Hit
in The Gambling Weblog, on July 11, 2007
...laque to the city of London, officially recognising it as the #1 Poker Destination in Europe 2007. Labour Peer Lord Lipsey accepted the honour on behalf of the city:
"I am honoured to accept thi...
Questionable Employment Practices at NZ Vineyards
in Celebrate Wine, on July 10, 2007
...s," CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
"The CTU supports the Department of Labour investigations into the case of several migrant workers in Blenheim vineyards, including eigh...
DIY Wine Lands Store Owner In Hot Water
in Celebrate Wine, on July 9, 2007
... who are getting on in years and can't physically lift the carboys (large glass jars) or do the labour," he said. "The equipment weighs almost 80 pounds. Even a 22-year-old person may no...
The politics of pay
in Sox First, on May 31, 2007
All over the world, politicians are starting to pick up on it. Ordinary people are becoming increasingly agitated over the way the bosses are getting what's seen as more than their fair share of the rewards of the global economic boom. And the politicians are buying in. In Britain last week...
IT is key to future business growth - Cognizant
in The CIO Weblog, on May 29, 2007
...he concept of outsourcing first emerged, clearly its real goal was cost-cutting. Imported, low-cost labour on temporary visas was used to supplement existing staff. The second generation corrected som...
Current Economic Conditions In Canada
in Small Business Unplugged, on May 28, 2007
... resources and trade and transportation. More part-time jobs may have encouraged women to enter the labour force. Employment posted a rare across-the-board increase in the Atlantic provinces, whose un...
UK Parliament Considers Nationwide Congestion Tolls
in carzz.org, on May 23, 2007
... the age old adage that "nothing's for free" when it pertains to the open road.
The Labour Government in power is suggesting that if taxes aren't levied on drivers to curtail road ...
Women, tax and pay
in Sox First, on May 4, 2007
...rgues that we need to reduce income taxes on women, and increase taxes on men. "The supply of labour of women is more responsive to their after-tax wage, so a reduction in taxes increases the la...
Exercise and Pregnancy
in Well Woman Blog, on May 2, 2007
... heart rate. Even more fascinating is the fact that of the women who exercised, their time spent in labour was shortened by one-third with 65 per cent of the women delivering in four hours or less.
T...
Azim Premji's Thoughts on the Talent Shortage problem in India
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2007
Couple of days back i put up a post titled " Talent Management by Wipro ", In continuation, here is an excerpt of what Azim Premji had to say on the possible Talen shortage problem in India, this was from the transcript of the Investor Presentation made:
I keep getting questions o...
Canada Business Startup Assistant
in Small Business Unplugged, on April 3, 2007
...eneral Information on Hiring
Finding and Funding Employees
Pay and Benefits
Pension
Labour Standards
Occupational Health and Safety
Regulations
Importing and Exporting ...
We Need Energy Workers
in IfEnergy, on March 30, 2007
...r the past two years and Hydro One will have to focus on developing a plan to address this critical labour shortage."
Think you can hack it? Go ahead and be an energy worker! ...
Toronto: Have More Babies Businesses Need Human Resources
in Small Business Unplugged, on March 29, 2007
...k outside our borders for talent - either by attracting people to come here to work, or by sourcing labour in other markets. Via Talent Matters report
The time to start developing a succession plan...
Icewine - 1 Good Reason for Cold Weather
in Celebrate Wine, on February 16, 2007
...e, very high in acids, sugars and aromatics. Due to the small amount of juice in each grape and the labour involved in the production, these wines will always be expensive.
The juice is then ferment...
Congested Britannia
in carzz.org, on February 12, 2007
...horror. When government fails to represent, that's when revolutions happen. But the current UK Labour government isn't seeing a spat with a million of its own subjects over the subject of nat...
Have you been hiring? The Next Five Years Will Be Challenging
in Small Business Unplugged, on February 5, 2007
...more than half of Canadian owners of small and medium-sized businesses had great concerns about the labour shortage. The survey polled nearly 12,000 businesses from coast to coast.
Nearly two-thirds ...
Nitroglycerin Patch for Premature Labour Helps Babies' Health
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 4, 2007
... Administration of nitroglycerin to women in premature labour significantly improved their babies' health, especially in babies born at 24 to 28 weeks.
Such were the findings of a Que...
Gimme shelter: Netherlands the new tax haven
in Sox First, on February 5, 2007
...al negative impact through the resulting shift of the tax burden to other sources of income such as labour, and the reduced possibilities for smaller companies to compete with multinational corporatio...
Re-engineering the supply chain helps Myer to recover
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2007
...Managing Director Ben Gray says overstocking was costing the company not only in warehousing but in labour in moving merchandise between distribution centers and stores.
He talks of a just-in-time mo...
Baby Boomers and Business Succession
in Small Business Unplugged, on January 10, 2007
... as we get closer to the time when they will be retiring.
As Baby Boomers begin to retire and the labour shortage spreads beyond Alberta, Canadian organizations can turn to Hewitt Associates' 50...
Soaring CEO pay shows "market failure"
in Sox First, on January 2, 2007
...ly paid because it has more risks, according to a new report. The report, The Risk Myth:
CEOs and Labour Market Risk says that bosses might like to think of themselves as risk- takers, but their jo...
Manitoba Entreprenur Recycles Seat Belts To Make Bags and Purses
in Small Business Unplugged, on December 18, 2006
...o hails from Morden, Manitoba who makes bags and purses from used seat belts.
Production is very labour-intensive. It starts with going out to wrecking yards and cutting out the nylon seatbelts. Th...
The responsibilities of corporate social responsibility
in Sox First, on December 5, 2006
...ht if the product endangers the public, not engaging in offshore manufacturing practices like child labour, not polluting the environment, adhering to laws and regulations and being respectful, fair a...
Oxfam slams Hong Kong garment industry
in Sox First, on November 29, 2006
...g Kong, Transparency Report: How Hong Kong Garment Companies
Can Improve Public Reporting of their Labour Standards , analyses the reporting of 16 Hong Kong garment companies, and finds they come up ...
Paulson and SOX: the backlash
in Sox First, on November 28, 2006
...is a good thing. Paulson has it around the wrong way, says Bill Clinton's former Secretary of Labour Robert Reich in this piece from American Prospect . Companies are not going private because ...
International Red Cross offices closed in Myanmar
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 27, 2006
...nce and protection work in Myanmar, the aid organization said, especially for those held in prison, labour camps, or living in sensitive border areas.
"We had years of productive discussions wit...
Training Employees in Canada
in Small Business Unplugged, on November 23, 2006
...their skills competencies, and knowledge of employees is a great way to retain employees in tight labour conditions.
Well known training methods:
Orientation
Lecture, Presentation
Comput...
CSA Announces Voluntary Workplace Safety Standard
in Small Business Unplugged, on September 12, 2006
...iation (CSA) announced that they were able to gain consensus on a voluntary safety standard with labour , business, government and representatives from other organizations.
Workers in Canada ...
Labour row looms as TNT finds buyer of supply chain unit
in Supplychainer, on September 6, 2006
...ween transport sector trade unions and Netherlands-based express and logistics company TNT over labour issues, notably in Australia. This follows TNT's decision to sell its international ...
India In Throes Of Diabetes Crisis
in Daily Diabetic, on August 30, 2006
...my grows, more and more people -- half the population is under 25 -- are swapping lives of physical labour and homemade meals of rice and lentils for sedentary office jobs and big helpings of greasy t...
Shortfall of 100,000 Workers in Next Decade in Alberta
in Small Business Unplugged, on August 2, 2006
I live in Edmonton, Alberta and my Uncle (Paul Guthrie) drilled the first independent well in the Leduc Oil field in the 1950's. Our province has been blessed with an abundance of oil not just in the Leduc Oil field but the tar sands in northern Alberta have created a building and mining boo...
Offshoring Guided
in The CIO Weblog, on July 29, 2006
There is a lot of talk about Talent shortage and rising wages in the context of India and Offshoring. In the 2006 Global Outsourcing Guide, it was indicated that India currently holds 80% to 90% of the offshoring market, but faces a threats to this domination because other low-cost areas are...
Do you know how was your iPod built?
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 5, 2006
"They sleep 100 to a room, toil for 15 hours a day and are paid just $50 month. This is life in iPod City, once the Chinese fishing village of Shenzhen but now home to the factories that churn out millions of Apple's astonishingly popular music players every year."
"The dorms a...
Staffing Your Business In Tight Labor Market
in Small Business Unplugged, on June 28, 2006
The number of self-employed persons in Canada has doubled since 1976 to 2,412,700 (Statistics Canada, January 2004.) The same thing is happening with our neighbor to the south. In the last eight years entrepreneurial activity in the United States has grown from 7,200,770 businesses to 20,038,163...
Bosses' pay and America's reputation
in Sox First, on June 24, 2006
...d other countries has expanded the global supply of workers. This has reduced the relative price of labour and raised the returns to capital. That reinforces the income concentration at the top, since...
Sustainable development news ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 11, 2006
...rkshops on a variety of themes including violence and sexual exploitation, armed conflict and child labour. Starts Monday, June 12th and winds up on the 14th. More information here on a number of Ca...
CSR: The real deal?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 2, 2006
...SR in top companies at a conference. More here on how to get involved.
*The 95th International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from 31 May to 16 June 2006 in the Palais des Nations, 8-14...
More than just profit
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 24, 2006
... , Vermont this June.
*Do the UK's Conservatives know how to fight poverty better than the Labour party?
*A $400,000 grant is helping Canadian researchers study social enterprise developmen...
Social Enterprise, Sunday Roundup
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 9, 2006
...ping into Africa's endless supply of human energy to help poor farmers reap the fruits of their labour.
*Social enterprises head where other firms fear to tread .
*Is social enterprise is poi...
AI Disappointed in EU CSR plan accountability
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 6, 2006
...f the European Union and its Member States to ensure that corporate actors respect human rights and labour rights in all circumstances. By failing to do so, the Commission is in effect taking a step b...
Farm Robotics to Reduce Labor Cost
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 24, 2006
...ushrooms of the exact size required for picking achieving levels of accuracy far in excess of human labour.
Inflatable Conveyor Belt : The Warwick Manufacturing Group and Warwick HRI researchers ha...
Lack of skilled labour still holding back RFID adoption?
in Supplychainer, on March 12, 2006
The deployment of RFID technology continues to be hampered by a shortage of individuals skilled in the technology, according to a new survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
Seventy-five percent of the technology companies participating in the CompTIA survey said th...
Manhattan signs Panda supply chain deal
in Supplychainer, on February 7, 2006
...se Manhattan Associates' warehouse management solution for open systems, slotting optimisation, labour management and performance management solutions.
"We selected Manhattan Associates not...
UK unemployment Rises to Highest Rate in 2 Years!
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 20, 2006
... for 2 years. 28.8 million people were in work in the period September to November according to the labour force survey (LFS). "
"The number of people in employment fell by 22,000 over the...
Nasscom - Mckinsey Report - Excerpts - 2
in The CIO Weblog, on December 19, 2005
...rvices
India should also request source countries to further strengthen thier wage insurance and labour market programmes to cushion the impact of offshoring job losses.
More efficient pr...
Start an airline!
in TJ's Weblog, on November 20, 2005
...e lost in the past five years. (This, says IATA, is also partly a result of a 34% improvement in labour productivity.)
But perhaps the most conclusive indication of brightening skies is the boom in ...
