In Lebanon, salt producers fear craft is drying up
AT 93, Elias al-Najjar has spent half a century harvesting salt by hand from ponds on Lebanon’s Mediterranean shore, but he and his colleagues...
Looks like hiring more women bosses really does pay dividends
YOU DIDN’T SEE this in the Google e-mail.
Supporters of gender diversity in the workplace — in particular boosting the number of women managers —...
Six strategies to manage uncooperative workers
By Rey Elbo
Many of our people managers appear not to be convincing when they talk to the workers despite a good number of our proactive two-way...
Former teller Duke named top woman in US bank industry
BETSY DUKE was working in a Virginia Beach dinner theater in the mid-1970s, struggling to make ends meet, when she applied for a job...
Australia adds more jobs than forecast
AUSTRALIA added more jobs than forecast in July, even as a burst of full-time hiring came to an end, setting up a mixed picture...
Why CEOs spurned Trump’s business councils, in their own words
PRESIDENT Donald Trump disbanded his two business advisory councils Wednesday as chief executive officers staged an exodus to protest his response to a white-supremacist...
Seven questions you should ask before accepting a job offer
By Rey Elbo
I was interviewed by an HR manager for a vacant managerial post in a medium-sized corporation. She was amiable and appeared to be very...
Moon acts to stop discrimination in South Korean hiring practices
WHEN 28-year-old Joo Yerim applied for a job at an art distribution company in Seoul last year, she was required to provide her height...
Nissan workers reject union bid at Mississippi plant
NISSAN has defeated a bid by the United Auto Workers to unionize employees at a factory in the US Deep South, ending a bitter...
Eight-step process to coaching a problem employee
By Rey Elbo
I have had five workers with me in my department for more than four years now. We’re getting along fine with their performance above...
Job fair for health care workers attracts UAE, US, UK employers
HEALTH care companies and recruiters in the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the United Kingdom are looking to hire thousands of Filipino...
Justice elusive for migrant workers in Southeast Asia
MIGRANT workers continue to face major obstacles to lodging and resolving complaints, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said following a new study on access...