We work for a small enterprise owned by a family corporation. Our concern is the constant babble of our CEO on his many ideas, sometimes giving us incoherent thoughts in our daily meetings. Many of his ideas are off-topic, if not bordering on braggadocio and showmanship. It’s always a waste of time listening to him. Whenever some of my colleagues tried to bring back the discussion to a higher level, our boss automatically regresses to his old, unproductive ways. Is there a cure for us? – Plastered.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it launched a campaign to educate young workers on occupational safety and health (OSH), because that segment of the labor force is deemed most vulnerable to workplace hazards.

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said it suspended processing of applications for all new hires to Sudan, including those for seafarers taking ship in Sudan, due to security concerns.

CARLYLE GROUP LP emulated its peers on Wednesday with plans to convert from a publicly traded partnership into a corporation, and went one step further by announcing it will become the first U.S. private equity firm to hold shareholder votes.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cisco Systems Inc has agreed to settle a whistleblower’s claim that it improperly sold video surveillance software with known vulnerabilities to US federal and state governments, marking the first payout on a False Claims Act case brought over failure to meet cybersecurity standards.

DUBLIN -- Ryanair has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than needed, and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told staff in a video message.

Soon after we selected some new employees put them through orientation, we unexpectedly received their resignations, while some of them were no-shows on the second day. It’s very disappointing to realize that the time, money and effort that we put into the recruitment process went to waste. What’s wrong with our hiring procedure? -- Without a Clue.

DAYS before the Security of Tenure (SoT) Bill is due to lapse into law, labor organizations pushed back on the business sector’s claims that the measure will raise their operating costs, saying that the current “end-of-contract” or “endo” schemes that deny workers a pathway to permanent employment cost more.

SINGAPORE -- Caught between a Sino-US trade war, political concerns over Chinese telecoms firm Huawei and slowing consumer demand, chipmakers in Singapore have started slowing production and laying off hundreds of jobs, firms told Reuters.

JOB search site Jobstreet.com (Jobstreet) has signed an agreement with the Labor department to survey the international market for Filipino workers.

DUBLIN -- Ryanair cabin crew in Portugal are set to strike for five days in August in a dispute over pay and conditions, the SNPVAC union said on Wednesday.

YOKOHAMA -- Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co said it is axing 12,500 jobs and warned a quick turnaround in its performance was not imminent after reporting its quarterly profit was nearly wiped out.