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This week's featured article is "American Small Businesses Are Desperate for Foreign Workers" by Fiona Harrigan. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: "Deep in Thought" by CTRL and "Sunsettling" by Man with Roses The post <I>The Best of Reason</I>: American Small Businesses Are Desperate for Foreign Workers appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason
Der Hausgeräte-Hersteller Miele will in Deutschland etwa jede neunte Stelle abbauen. Von derzeit rund 11 700 Arbeitsplätzen sollen circa 1300 entfallen, teilte das Unternehmen am Freitag in Gütersloh mit und gab zugleich die Einigung auf einen neuen Tarifvertrag mit der Gewerkschaft IG Metall bekannt. Der Zukunfts- und Sozialtarifvertrag läuft von Anfang August 2024 bis Ende Dezember 2028, er sieht Investitionen von 500 Millionen Euro vor. Um Personal abzubauen, soll es unter anderem Abfindungen und Vorruhestandsregelungen geben. Betriebsbedingte Kündigungen sind bis Ende 2027 «grundsätzlich» ...
DPA (German)
Released this morning: The jobs report, released at 8:30 this morning, shows that in May employers added 272,000 jobs, up from the monthly average of 242,000 that's persisted for the first half of the year and far more than most economists predicted. In April, the unemployment rate was 3.9 percent—a bit higher than the 3.4 percent unemployment the year prior. In May, it slid up to 4 percent. "The headline number is a source for celebration for President [Joe] Biden, who frequently points to the strong job market when making the case to voters that he has handled the economy well," summarizes T...
Reason
The workplace landscape continues to evolve with new trends and buzzwords, and after "quiet quitting" and "quiet hiring", the latest phenomenon is "quiet vacationing". Quiet vacationing refers to employees taking time off work without formal notice and this new trend, which is popular among younger workers, was highlighted in a recent survey by market research firm The Harris Poll. The report found that 28 per cent of workers have taken time off without formally asking for it from their employer. This figure is higher among younger workers, with 37 per cent of Millennials and 24 per cent of Ge...
Euronews (English)
Brett Brownlee's entrepreneurial streak started simply: as a kid, for kid reasons, with his brother. "Growing up, he and I just used to push mowers around our parents' subdivision to try to save up money to buy basketball shoes," he says. The venture looks a bit different these days. Brownlee makes a living running Archway Lawn Care in the St. Louis area. The company brings in millions of dollars in revenue each year and employs around 50 people during peak season. That isn't to say things have always been easy. Archway's staffing has been a bit of a revolving door, with many employees working...
Reason
A long-delayed and complex project to bring a metro line under Rome's historic centre and through some of its most iconic sites has entered an important phase. When completed, the metro line will run underneath some of the world’s most important cultural heritage sites — the Colosseum, Trajan’s Column and the Basilica of Maxentius, the largest building in the Roman Forum — as well as some of Rome’s prized Renaissance palazzi, churches and the Vatican. During a tour Thursday of the construction site at Piazza Venezia, chief engineer Andrea Sciotti said work on the nearly €3-billion project is c...
Euronews (English)
Sydney (AFP) - L'opérateur australien de télécommunications Telstra a annoncé mardi qu'il allait supprimer jusqu'à 2.800 emplois, soit 9% de ses effectifs, invoquant un besoin de s'adapter aux changements technologiques. Les licenciements devraient permettre à l'entreprise d'économiser environ 230 millions de dollars, et de mieux faire face aux "pressions inflationnistes et financières actuelles", a expliqué la PDG du groupe, Vicki Brady. "Notre secteur et le monde dans lequel nous opérons évolue rapidement", a déclaré Mme Brady aux journalistes. "Nous avons des concurrents nouveaux et différe...
AFP (Français)
IBM said it plans to hire up to 800 more people in Ireland to help build advanced software underpinned by AI technology, the state investment agency IDA Ireland said on Thursday. The move by the US software and consultancy services provider marks the biggest job announcement in the country's multinational sector this year. IBM is already one of the largest multinational employers in Ireland with 3,000 staff. The new roles will require the employees to build advanced software based on generative artificial intelligence in high growth areas like security, automation and hybrid cloud. Here's the ...
Euronews (English)
Vor den Europawahlen hat Euronews je einen Wähler und einen Spitzenkandidaten gefragt, was sie verändern würden. Julian Rossmann, ein Student aus Wien, hat erzählt, was ihn bewegt und was er machen würden, wenn er Europaabgeordneter wäre. "Hallo, ich bin Julian und Demokratie in der Wirtschaft ist ein Thema, das mir sehr am Herzen liegt. Ich habe selbst oft in Unternehmen gearbeitet, in denen es kaum Mitbestimmung am Arbeitsplatz gab und deshalb möchte ich das ändern", erzählt er. Demokratie in der Wirtschaft ist ein Thema, das mir sehr am Herzen liegt. "Als Europaabgeordneter würde ich mich f...
Euronews (German)
Ahead of European elections in June, Euronews asked voters to name one proposal they would implement if elected to the European Parliament, and questioned candidates about their pledges. Watch the video above to find out more.
Euronews (English)
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