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World’s biggest four-day working week trial ends in success – BBC News

A six-month trial testing the costs and benefits of a four-day working week across a number of different businesses has ended in success. Sixty-one employers across the UK took part in the trial, and were all keen to permanently implement the new work pattern upon its completion. A report assessing the impact of the alternative working hours found it had “extensive benefits”, particularly for employees’…

Fewer jobs and less pay: Chinese migrant workers continue to face uncertainty after country reopens

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube China’s three years of strict pandemic controls have seriously hurt businesses across the country, leaving thousands of migrant workers unemployed or stuck at home. China began dropping its pandemic-control measures in early December 2022, but the economic recovery has been slow since the country’s reopening, and the job market remains bleak for migrant workers. Support us:…

Half a million UK workers to walk off the job on Wednesday

The UK will face its largest day of industrial action in decades on Wednesday. Up to half a million workers including train drivers, bus drivers, civil servants, university lecturers and security guards are set to strike in disputes over pay, jobs and working conditions. Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela reports from London, United Kingdom. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…

Beijing workers begin return to offices despite Covid surge as businesses struggle to reopen

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Life in Beijing is slowly returning to normal after authorities lifted most Covid-19 prevention measures, even as a surge in new infections continues. Since December 20, 2022, office workers have been allowed to return without having to provide a negative Covid test. But while offices are reopening, not everyone is rushing back, affecting restaurants in Beijing’s…

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