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Air France KLM narrows losses, warns of turbulence as pilots' pay cut
Air France-KLM said Wednesday it cut its losses in the first quarter of 2016 but passenger traffic to Paris was affected by terror attacks.
04 May 2016
Israel caps bankers' salaries to $658,000 a year
Israel's parliament passed a law capping the annual salaries of bank executives at $658,000, among the world's toughest such restrictions.
29 March 2016
Kazakh government confirms wages raise for teachers
Kazakhstan is increasing the salary of teachers from January 1, 2016.
27 August 2015
ArcelorMittal Temirtau and local labor authorites locked in battle over wages cuts
Kazakhstan Labor Inspection has prohibited ArcelorMittal Temirtau to cut wages and the company plans to file a protest.
14 August 2015
ArcelorMittal Temirtau cuts wages by 25%
ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a steel giant in Kazakhstan, is cutting wages of all its employees by 25 percent starting from August 1.
31 July 2015
We do not pay foreigners for nothing: Samruk Kazyna CEO
CEO of Samruk Kazyna National Wealth Fund Umirzak Shukeyev has spoken about the wages of the foreigners employed at the Fund.
10 March 2015
ArcelorMittal Temirtau asks workers to yield to wage cuts
ArcelorMittal Temirtau Director General has asked the company's personnel to understand the difficult financial situation and take the 25% wage cuts.
09 February 2015
ArcelorMittal Temirtau cuts wages by 25% for locals and by 50% for foreigners
ArcelorMittal Temirtau has temporarily reduced the wages of foreign employees by 50 percent and of local personnel by 25 percent.
04 February 2015
Workers in West Kazakhstan on strike against low wages
Worker of KazStroyService in West Kazakhstan Oblast have gone on strike demanding higher wages.
11 November 2014
Los Angeles raises minimum wage for hotel workers
Los Angeles voted to raise the minimum wage for its hotel workers to more than $15 an hour.
25 September 2014
KazPost manager earns 100 times more than village postman: Senator
A huge difference in wages of general and managerial personnel in Kazakh national mail operator KazPost outrages Senator Dzhalmagambetova.
29 June 2014
Swiss turn down world's highest minimum wage
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to introduce the world's highest minimum wage, which would have guaranteed every worker in one of the world's priciest nations at least $25 an hour.
19 May 2014
Workers sue McDonald's for stealing wages
US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald's of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime.
14 March 2014
Kazakhstan to purchase embassy building in Paris
At the Parliament meeting the amendments to the 2014 budget included increase of expenses on a number of state programs.
13 March 2014
France saves 1bn euros on health insurance spending
At a time of deep austerityacross Europe, France has managed to spend one billion euros ($1.4 billion) less than expected on health insurance last year.
22 January 2014
Living wage to be raised in Kazakhstan in 2017
After the controversy around the minimum living wage is Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Tamara Duisenova promised to raise the living wage in 2017.
18 December 2013
Walmart to open stores in US capital despite protest
Walmart, the biggest retailer in the United States, is opening its first-ever stores in the US capital -- but some aren't giving it a warm welcome.
29 November 2013
Salaries in Kazakhstan still calculated along 1996 rates of remuneration
6 out of 16 regions of Kazakhstan have low standard of living. Increasing living standards without providing adequate remunerations is a joke: Brimbetova.
30 September 2013
Expats earn 14 times more than locals in Kyzylorda
A prosecutors check in Kyzylorda has unveiled a huge difference in the salaries of local and foreign employees.
09 April 2013
Kazakhstan companies checked for labor discrimination
Disproportion of salaries of local and foreign employees was discovered in over 50 companies in Kazakhstan.
29 March 2013