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A new cash reward for leaving social assistance sounds promising, but the city's deeper employment barriers demand more than financial carrots.
Builder deploys wearable robotic lift from Hyundai Motor Group's robotics division to reduce worker fatigue and injury risk on job sites
Employee compensation climbed 5.8 percent in 2025, exceeding GDP expansion and lifting labor's share of national income to a three-decade high
Bank Negara official says minimum wage increases fail to lift professional salaries, urges structural reform as investment chief warns growth benefits aren't reaching workers
A survey of 3,516 employees reveals widespread adoption across industries, paired with anxiety that automation tools may be weakening decision-making skills rather than enhancing them.
The Philippines' largest single daily wage adjustment in 37 years has caught monetary authorities off-guard, threatening to complicate inflation targeting across the capital region and beyond.
Taiwan's petrochemical conglomerate approves wage increase above union request as first-half profit rebounds to NT$108 billion
Record earnings driven by chip demand for artificial intelligence threaten to widen compensation gap between divisions at South Korean tech giant
Aging demographics and industrial expansion force provinces to look abroad, reversing decades of labor export tradition
Rengo's final tally shows 5,368 member companies delivered an average 5.01% pay increase in 2026 spring wage negotiations
