DHL Quarrel Crystalizes Belgian Employment Debate: Jobs, but at What Cost?
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The employment debate in Belgium these days comes down to what's more important - work or sleep.
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The most dynamic, future-oriented industries are having trouble finding qualified employees.
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Courier firm DHL decides to ditch its plan to make Brussels its international hub as authorities delay a decision over night flights.
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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The DHL parcel delivery service said Thursday it was pulling its intercontinental hub - and thousands of jobs - out of Belgium because authorities refused to accept an increase in noisy night flights.
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Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Business: 19 September 2004, Sunday. Bulgarian employers prefer to pay their workers on a minimum hourly rate instead on the grounds of a minimum monthly wage, according to the Chief of Bulgarian Trade, ...
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Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorldâs fearless editor at large, has waded into roiling waters once again. Iâm talking about his ongoing coverage of the SKIL (Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership) Bill, which would raise the yearly cap on H-1B visas, allowing qualified foreign workers â many in IT â to work in the States.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Irregular hors d'ouevres, scheduling mishaps, and the stockbroker's eternal dilemma.
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In a new wave of the global outsourcing of services, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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The Office of Fair Trading takes legal action against a Belgian mail-order firm, using new cross-border powers for the first time.
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BusinessWeek Online - Many people fear that the availability of cheap global labor in our increasingly integrated world economy -- or "globalization," -- is prompting companies to relocate production abroad. Yet a recent study by the European Commission (EC) suggests that high labor costs aren't so much the problem as the European Union's failure to cope with increased international competition and an accelerated speed of technological change.
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Employers and workers are confused by eligibility and Classification of the new regulations.
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General Electric Co  is eyeing  up takeover targets in Belgium in the property and financial  services sector and in the port of Antwerp, its Benelux head  was quoted as saying in a newspaper on Tuesday.
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France and Germany are set for a new clash on industrial policy this week over a possible defence deal which would involve 23,000 jobs in the UK.
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The gross domestic product is up, but jobs are down. Economists say yes, that is possible. MIAMI - It seems, at first blush, to be a baffling contradiction.
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General Electric Co  is eyeing up takeover targets in Belgium in the property and financial services sector and in the port of Antwerp, its Benelux head was quoted as saying in a newspaper on Tuesday.