THE NUMBER of corporate leaders fired for #MeToo-related misconduct rose in 2018 while the number of S&P 500 companies led by females fell 20%, according to a report from US think-tank the Conference Board.

FRANKFURT/BERLIN -- A trade union representing Lufthansa’s cabin-crew on Wednesday threatened strikes that could fall during the busy Christmas period if Germany’s biggest airline does not make concessions in a wage dispute.

TOKYO -- Japan Display Inc said on Thursday it dismissed an accounting executive last year for embezzling about $5.3 million over four years since the Apple Inc supplier went public in 2014.

DETROIT/NEW YORK -- United Auto Workers President Gary Jones resigned on Wednesday shortly after the union moved to remove him office amid a widening corruption probe from US prosecutors, a union source told Reuters.

Our HR manager has challenged me to handle our training programs. It’s an additional work assignment for me as a recruitment clerk which I’ve been doing for three years. My boss tells me that if I can perform better in this new assignment, I will be promoted to supervisor after two years of consistent, above-average performance. Could you please tell me how to do well in this new job? -- Greenhorn.

A MAJOR union has expressed its opposition to a proposed tax on salty foods, saying it adds to the burden on workers by rasing the cost of key goods while wages remain stagnant.

FRANKFURT -- To unclog bottlenecks last year at his Tesla Inc plant in California, Elon Musk flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from Germany to speed up battery production for its Model 3.

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Southwest Airlines Co. pilot union Wednesday sharply criticized Boeing Co. and questioned whether the manufacturer was trying to speed up the timeline for the 737 MAX’s return to service.

DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers (UAW) on Wednesday announced a series of ethics reforms in answer to a spreading US federal corruption probe that has resulted in charges or convictions for a number of former leaders of the union.

I’ve just received a campaign flyer about a public management seminar on “how to avoid attrition.” In the war for talent, a seminar like this is interesting piece, except I believe there’s something good about having attrition in any organization. Could you help me understand both sides of the coin? -- Pink Torpedo.

PEPSI-COLA Products Philippines, Inc. said a group of its workers in Davao filed a strike notice after a failure to conclude a new collective bargaining agreement.

AROUND 100 nurses have completed a program of the Department of Health (DoH) in partnership with Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic and Temasek Foundation, in order to upgrade the nursing profession in time for the Universal Health Care (UHC) Program which takes effect next year.