My Dubai Salary: ‘I aim to retire by 55 or sooner by investing in index funds’
Jay Adrian Tolentino, a 38-year-old Filipino financial coach in the UAE, aspires to retire by the age of…
BOJ chief Ueda says higher wages will underpin inflation
Bank of Japan Japan central bank governor speaks at FT event, cites AI adoption as key to growth…
Wage growth remains steady at 3.4 per cent, just ahead of inflation
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show workers received an average base pay increase of 3.4 per cent over…
Interest rates will fall again when inflation returns to target but that could require a painful adjustment
There is a big, fat elephant in the room. The federal government insists it has devoted considerable resources…
Fewer UAE jobseekers get desired salary amid global talent influx
Fewer UAE professionals are able to successfully negotiate their salaries over the past 12 months amid an increasing…
Grueling, low-paid human work behind generative AI curtain
Paris – For a generative artificial intelligence system to learn how to write an autopsy report, human workers…
Clients of Melbourne builder MJ Harris Group lose life savings as company goes bust
Builder Mike Harris was persuasive. In March last year, he told Tony* and his wife that if they…
Japan private-sector pay hits record in 2024
The average salary for private-sector workers in Japan reached a record high of ¥4.78 million in 2024, up…
Middle class Americans are losing faith in the economy
Auto loan delinquencies hit 15-year high as economic stress spreads Rising car payment defaults among both subprime and…
Employers are dishing out quiet promotions: fancy new job roles without the title or pay
Meet the budget-friendly promotion: more work, same pay. It’s a common phenomenon for many workers. One day you’re…
Woolworths and Coles underpayments could cost more than $1 billion and have wider fallout
Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths expect to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more to repay staff the…
Nurses and midwives accept 3 per cent interim wage increase offer from NSW government
NSW nurses and midwives have voted to accept a 3 per cent interim wage increase offer with improvements…