NEWS & VIEWS

Panvel Horror: Worker Kills Colleague By Slamming 20-kg Metal Weight On His Head Over Workplace Bullying – Free Press Journal

A 27-year-old worker, Dharam Gopal Rai, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his co-worker, Anil Sudama Bind alias Guddu (29), by striking his head with a 20-kilogram weight at a fabrication shop… read more

Workplace Chaos and Uncertainty Stoke Insider Risk Warnings – Bank Info Security

Imagine laying off a senior developer after 12 years of employment, only to find that systems across the company crashed due to a “kill switch” he left behind… read more

South Korea turns to landlocked Uzbekistan to fill gaps in shipbuilding workforce – Splash 24/7

Acute labour shortages see South Korea reach further and further afield to fill positions at its booming shipyards. Some 280 workers have been sourced from landlocked Uzbekistan to start work this summer at a number of yards around the industrial city of Ulsan… read more

JPMorgan says it will take 134 years for the world to reach gender equality – Money Control

Only about 10 percent of the most powerful roles such as CEO, COO, and CFO, are held by women, the JPMorgan Chase & Co report stated... read more

Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how gen Z pretends to work at the office – The Guardian

Close to 80 per cent of mothers work outside the home, yet they are are consistently paid less for their work and passed up for job opportunities… read more

Social dialogue training strengthens decent work and human rights due diligence in Thailand’s auto sector – ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is scaling up its efforts to support resilience and sustainability in Thailand’s automotive industry through an expanded industry training initiative… read more

Curated by the Sthir Research Team

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