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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018

Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day

As thousands of jobs look set to move to the continent due to Brexit, the U.K.'s financial services minister said Wednesday he would do all he could to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018

Jobs, competition, prices, even 5G debut may be threatened if T-Mobile buys Sprint: union

T-Mobile US Inc.'s proposed $26.5 billion purchase of Sprint Corp. would cost jobs, threaten competition and may not speed the arrival of advanced 5G networks, the Communications Workers of America said in a filing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2018

Trump plan to save coal-related jobs, power plants will up pollution death toll: study

The Trump administration's plan to keep money-losing power plants open would save coal mining jobs but at the same time unleash more pollution that would cost lives, according to a new analysis.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 21, 2016

The flip side of coveted public-sector jobs in Japan: fewer rights

Laws restrict government workers' constitutional rights to organize, bargain and take collective action.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2016

Millions of jobs may be lost to automation in Southeast Asia, U.N. agency says

More than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation in the next two decades, an International Labour Organization study found, with those in the garment industry particularly vulnerable.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2016

Nomura eliminates 32 jobs in Big Apple

Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's biggest brokerage, has cut 32 jobs in New York City.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 7, 2015

Death of 'jobs for life' fuels 4,955% surge at Tokyo firm

The breakdown of Japan's lifetime employment model has been good news at least for the operator of one of the country's largest jobs websites.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2014

Americans are quitting their jobs more, and that's seen as a good thing

In a paradoxically good development for the U.S. economy, Americans quit their jobs in September at the fastest rate in over six years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2023

Major Japan trading house eases rules on side jobs to retain new generation

Trading houses hold an outsized influence in Japan due to their diversified business interests, and are favorites among university graduates due to their high salaries and job security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2023

UBS looks to cut around 35,000 jobs after emergency takeover of Credit Suisse

The cull of staff will dramatically worsen what was already a dismal year for financial sector jobs worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2022

Zuckerberg says ‘sorry’ as Meta begins slashing over 11,000 jobs

The company said that while reductions will happen across the company, its recruiting team will be disproportionately affected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2022

Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of Twitter jobs in cost-cutting drive

Musk also intends to reverse the company's existing work-from-anywhere policy, asking remaining employees to report to offices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2021

From stage to cemetery: Europe's workers retrain for post-pandemic jobs

The coronavirus reshaping Europe's labor markets has spurred some workers to seek new career paths as old jobs disappear or remain beset with uncertainty about any return to normal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2020

Thousands of Indonesians protest against passage of jobs bill

The law removes the three-year maximum duration of contracts and reduces severance benefits — provisions the government said are intended to promote formal hiring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2020

China expands state jobs for graduates as coronavirus hits private sector

China's thousands of state-owned enterprises, local governments and public institutions are expanding hiring as a record number of students graduate into a job market left reeling by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2019

Private equity has directly killed 600,000 U.S. retail jobs, study says

Amazon.com Inc., landlords who charge sky-high rents, brands that fail to adapt. The carnage in the retail industry has been blamed on all of them. Now Wall Street is too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2019

Ford to close oldest plant in Brazil, cut 2,700 jobs and exit South America truck biz

Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it will close its oldest factory in Brazil and exit its heavy commercial truck business in South America, a move that could cost more than 2,700 jobs as part of a restructuring meant to end losses around the world.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 28, 2019

Retail rout deepens as U.K. and Germany lose thousands of jobs

Europe's retail crisis deepened as companies in the U.K. to Germany are set to cut thousands of jobs as online shopping accelerates erosion of sales from traditional bricks-and-mortar stores.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2018

French restaurants look to asylum seekers to fill jobs but face bureaucratic delays

Restaurateurs in France want the government to speed up its asylum process and make it easier to identify suitable staff to help them fill thousands of jobs they say are increasingly snubbed by French workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2018

Trump spouse-visa shift looks set to hurt workers and push 100,000 from jobs

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to ban spouses of high-skill visa holders from working will likely push 100,000 people out of jobs and negatively affect the visa holders and their employers, according to a new research study.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2018

More jobs for disabled people

Companies and government agencies have been getting better at hiring people with disabilities, but they can do better still.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2017

Rural high school grads bound for Tokyo universities to be coached on finding jobs back home

The government plans to give high school students advancing to universities in the Tokyo area more opportunities to learn about companies in other regions to encourage them to return to their home communities after graduation and find jobs there.

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