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Business 6 years ago
LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs as pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring
Microsoft Corp's professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products.
Business 6 years ago
Freeport cuts workforce at Grasberg mine as coronavirus cases in area rise
The move is aimed at ensuring workers at the world’s biggest gold mine and second-biggest copper mine can socially distance effectively and avoid any further spread of the virus, which has infected 17,514 and killed 1,148 in Indonesia, a Freeport Indonesia spokesman said.
Opinion 6 years ago
As COVID-19 bites, current labor rules can protect jobs
Following threats of labor rallies on April 30 despite the quarantine, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on Friday that the deliberations of labor-related provisions in the bill would be postponed to “provide us with the opportunity to explore substantial issues within the bill and also to accommodate input from stakeholders.” But does the labor legislation really need to be changed?
Opinion 6 years ago
Women manufacturing workers hit hardest
Comprising the bulk of workers without a permanent status, women workers are most vulnerable to layoffs and are more likely to be exposed to economic injustice because they depend on daily wages, which in turn depend on production volume. As production tanks, it is these women who are hit hardest.
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