Saudi private sector employment hits 10.7 million in October

Saudi private sector employment hits 10.7 million in October

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Sunday, gaining 85.59 points, or 0.79 percent, to close at 10,938.95. Total turnover for the benchmark index stood at SR4.86 billion ($1.29 billion), as 165 stocks advanced while 55 fell. The Kingdom’s parallel market Nomu also rose 214.75 points, or 0.96 percent, to close at 22,584.38. …

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Employers should be more open to hiring after recovery

Laila Deane

Mental health practitioners hear a lot: about abuse, assault, loss, addiction, family separation and much more. The most distressing problem I encounter as an addiction and mental health therapist is the difficulty for clients facing criminal or criminal charges finding work. In this day and age where courts impose fines and court costs on defendants, …

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Call center worker fired for speaking out against bosses returns to work

Call center worker fired for speaking out against bosses returns to work

By Tracy Neal, Open Justice reporter from Photo: RNZ A call center worker fired after speaking out against bosses who allegedly ordered jobs to be given to some taxi drivers has been reinstated for now. The Labor Relations Authority has ordered that the worker whose name was removed be reinstated on an interim basis, with …

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300 temporary jobs available following Maui wildfires to help with cleanup and recovery | Maui now

300 temporary jobs available following Maui wildfires to help with cleanup and recovery |  Maui now

HawaiiThe State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced the availability of temporary cleanup and recovery work on Maui in response to the wildfires. Three hundred jobs for affected workers are available through DLIR’s Workforce Development Division and Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. to assist with debris removal, damage cleanup and the provision of humanitarian aid. …

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‘Take your job seriously’: Jobs minister tells Alberta to stick to the Canada Pension Plan

'Take your job seriously': Jobs minister tells Alberta to stick to the Canada Pension Plan

Federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says he is against any attempt by the Alberta government to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan. “I can tell you that the federal government and I are very clearly committed to working with Albertans to keep them in the Canada Pension Plan,” Boissonnault told CTV’s Power Play on Friday. …

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RT spends almost 75,000 interesting results on independent work

RT spends almost 75,000 interesting results on independent work

RT has spent almost 75,000 findings on appeal against the broadcaster over false self-employment cases, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has learned. In new documents sent to the committee, RT revealed it had spent 74,034 euros, excluding VAT, appealing false findings on self-employment made by the Ministry of Social Protection. Fake self-employment is where a …

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Wall Street records its best week in a year after slowing US job growth

Unlock Editors Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. U.S. stocks posted their best week in a year, with a sharp slowdown in hiring reported on Friday, fueling investor expectations that interest rates have peaked. U.S. employers added 150,000 new jobs last month, fewer than …

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No more Fed rate hikes expected amid job uncertainty – RetailWire

U.S. stocks rose significantly on Thursday, buoyed by investor optimism that the Federal Reserve may have concluded its cycle of Fed rate hikes that have strained the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 565 points, an increase of 1.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Index, a broad measure of U.S. stock performance, rose 1.9%, and …

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Alaska seafood fishing jobs decline as fish accidents, pandemic and other factors take their toll

Alaska seafood fishing jobs decline as fish accidents, pandemic and other factors take their toll

Fishing boats line the docks at the St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak on October 2, 2022. Employment in the fishing sector has been in decline since 2015, with multiple factors at play, according to an analysis by the Department of Labor and of Alaska Workforce Development. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Employment in Alaska’s fishing …

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