Venezuela registered an accumulated inflation of 4.1 % in the first quarter of the year, after adding 1.2 % in March, the same as in February and 1.7 % in January, reported the Central Bank (BCV).
The 1.2 % rate is the lowest the nation has recorded since August 2012, when goods and services became…
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General Motors Canada reaches an agreement with its employees
General Motors (GM) and the Canadian union Unifor announced a provisional agreement that ends a strike that affected more than 4,280 workers in Canada. The agreement was reached just hours after GM workers went on strike.
Unifor President…
Equality for workers, the great challenge of the ILO
The dignity of work, fair wages, equality for workers, are some of the challenges that persist in the labor field and that today, May 1, International Workers' Day, are the slogan of millions of people in the world.
The International Labor…
ECLAC urges to reduce labor informality to face low productivity in LA
The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, has urged addressing the problem of labor informality in Latin America in order to improve the region's…
Gustavo Petro announces a 16 % increase in the minimum wage in 2023
The Government of Colombia, unions and employers have agreed on Thursday an agreement to increase the minimum wage by 16 % in the next year 2023, up to 1,160,000 Colombian pesos (227.6 euros).
The tripartite agreement took place on the…
Sánchez promises to contain the rise in food prices in 2023
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Sunday that the third package that the Executive is preparing for 2023 in order to counteract the socioeconomic consequences of the war in Ukraine will incorporate mechanisms to…
Crypto scam to PDVSA retirees
The Venezuelan Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC in Spanish) announced the arrest of a group of criminals who operated within the state of Monagas and were dedicated to stealing cryptocurrencies from retired workers…
Venezuela to shorten time for the booster vaccine
The Venezuelan government decided to shorten the time to apply the booster vaccine against Covid-19 to four months after the main vaccine, following the recommendations of the Therapeutic Committee of the Presidential Commission against…
Salary of workers in the United States will increase in 2022
The National Employment Law Project of the United States (NELP) indicated in its most recent report that on January 1st, 2022, workers will obtain an increase in their wages. It will be applied in 56 cities, counties and states.
According…
Microsoft launches platform to improve remote work experience
Microsoft's tool called Viva is designed to enhance the remote work experience through modules that revolve around connections, knowledge, topics, and learning.
This is a first platform that offers employees the possibility of…
Siemens will pay up to 200 million euros among its employees
The German company Siemens will pay most of its employees a bonus for coronavirus of up to 1,000 euros (about $ 1,160), as the company reported on Monday, November 2.
In total, the group will distribute 200 million euros among all…
Peru issues decree of digital disconnection for remote workers
Teleworking became the work modality since the quarantine began due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the world. With this, many employees saw their workload increase due to the permanent connection through various electronic devices.
In order…