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California now leads the nation in imposing dumb wage laws. The state just raised the hourly minimum wage for fast food workers to $20. Gov. Gavin Newsom said, "We saw the inequities….We had a responsibility to do more." Unions pushed for the higher minimum, and in Democrat-run states, unions usually get what they want. CNN announced, "Half a million California fast food workers will now earn $20 per hour." Gullible leftists at the Center for American Progress claim, "A higher minimum wage would boost millions of families out of poverty and further stimulate the economy." Yippee! It's a happy ...
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If you’ve been thinking about relocating to Germany, this new work permit might be for you. Germany is seeking more skilled workers and has introduced a new way for qualified foreign nationals to move to the country. Called the Opportunity Card, it allows non-EU citizens to come to Germany for a year in order to search for a job. Here’s who is eligible and how the card works. There’s a new way for foreign workers to move to GermanyThe idea for the Chancenkarte, which translates as Opportunity Card, was first floated in 2022 as a way to make it easier for foreign workers to find employment in G...
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Tom Cruise might just be Hollywood's most analog movie star. He reportedly once grew irate when a crew member suggested that a dangerous stunt be performed by a digital double, yelling: "There is no digital Tom! Just Tom!" For last summer's Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise, who was 61 when the movie hit theaters, actually jumped a motorcycle off a ramp on top of a mountain, let the bike fall down into the canyon, and then parachuted down into the valley below. The complex sequence took a year to plan and shoot. It probably cost a lot of money. There were some computer effect...
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What does decriminalized sex work look like in practice? People in Australia (specifically New South Wales) and New Zealand know the answer, because they decriminalized sex work decades ago. I recently spent six weeks touring my one-woman show, Whore's Eye View, in Australia and New Zealand, where I met sex workers, clients, and brothel owners who negotiate sexual services openly without fear of arrest. After my shows, people from the sex industry—both workers and clients—stayed to tell me their stories. I spoke with people who did sex work to start their own businesses, pursue a passion proje...
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"Part-time work must be the exception, not the rule," said politician Michael Kretschmer in an interview with German newspaper The Handelsblatt published earlier this week. As part of his campaign to be re-elected to the state parliament this year, the centre-right CDU minister homed in on the question of Germany's productivity. "We have to ensure that we come out of the crisis with growth and full employment - for me that means a 40-hour week for everyone," he said. "It was a mistake that the option of part-time has gone from being an exception to a legally secured rule." Since 2001, when Ger...
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"The public procurement market should be leveraged as a key instrument for promoting social value, enhancing social capital and aligning with the EU's ambitions for green and digital transformations," the former Italian prime minister wrote. Since reform of the framework in 2014, however, he pointed out that procedures have not been simplified, access for SMEs has not been improved and environmental, innovative and social aspects have only been taken into account to a limited extent. According to a recent analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the public procurement market has not o...
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Washington (AFP) - US job growth was markedly below analyst expectations in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signaling that the labor market is cooling. But with the world's biggest economy adding 175,000 jobs last month according to the Department of Labor, hiring appears still resilient despite the lower reading than 315,000 in March. Analysts had expected growth of 250,000 jobs, according to Briefing.com. The jobless rate edged slightly higher from 3.8 percent in March to 3.9 percent last month. "The great American comeback continues," said US President Joe ...
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Unemployment across Europe showed little change in March, compared to February, according to Eurostat. The rate in the Eurozone remained at 6.5%, the same as in the first two months of the year and down from 6.6% in March 2023. Across the 27 countries in the EU, the rate slightly decreased to 6% from 6.1% in February. Compared to March last year, it remained unchanged. There was an estimated 13.258 million people without jobs in the EU, of whom 11.087 million in the euro area, were unemployed in March 2024. France works to find further ways to scale back on unemployment benefits UK unemploymen...
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Washington (AFP) - Hiring in the US private sector cooled in April but job growth was still higher than anticipated, boosted by the services sector, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday. Companies added 192,000 jobs last month, down slightly from a revised 208,000 in the month before, the report said. The labor market has shown resilience despite the US central bank's efforts to keep interest rates elevated and fight stubborn inflation. While higher rates raise the borrowing costs for consumers and businesses -- and can weigh on employment -- the jobs market has held up with employers reluctant to ...
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Africa’s influence on the world stage is growing. Not only does the continent play an increasing diplomatic role in the Ukraine war; its membership of, and participation in, multilateral forums such as the G20 and BRICS is growing, and it demands a place in the UN Security Council. Amid the global scramble for influence, and in another sign of Africa's new-found importance, the continent has recently received a flurry of high-level visitors. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Chinese and Russian foreign ministers Qin Gang and Sergei Lavrov, have all v...
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