Thousands of farmers protested on Thursday in India’s capital, demanding a new law for minimum crop prices. Due to barricaded highways, they traveled to New Delhi by crowded buses and trains instead of tractors. Authorities imposed conditions like banning farm vehicles and
Germany’s Cabinet has approved plans to reduce the minimum sentence for spreading child sexual abuse images. The current law penalizes dissemination of such content with a prison sentence of one to 10 years. The proposed legislation will reduce the minimum sentence to
Workers at an office have been left flabbergasted after the company set a minimum spend on Secret Santa gifts at £40. An employee who has recently joined this office shared the confusion on social media forum, Mumsnet, seeking advice from the online
Mexico’s president said Friday the country’s minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FORCES FREIGHT LINES TO PRIORITIZE PASSENGER RAIL About one-third of Mexico’s registered workers report earning the minimum wage,
“Poverty in retirement should not be considered an inevitability.” (Image: Getty/Mathew Horwood) As many as one in four of the nation’s 12.5m elderly people will be left without their financial ‘safety net’ by the time spring comes around next year. Most worrying
Authorities in Bangladesh announced a new salary structure on Tuesday for protesting garment factory workers with a 56% increase in the monthly minimum wage to $113 from the previous $75, a decision rejected by some workers’ groups as too small. State Minister
With the winter months rapidly approaching many of us will start to think about when we switch the heating on. Thankfully, experts have now revealed the ideal minimum temperature to heat your home to. It comes as the Met Office has revealed
Migrants are being guaranteed “a minimum of three-star” hotels, a Home Office contract has revealed. The Government also wants asylum seekers to be booked in rooms “close to amenities and transport networks.” The Home Office is under intense pressure to cut the
Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under a new law to be introduced next week in parliament by the centre-left Labor government. The law will define “employee-like workers” in the gig economy, a catch-all term
Russia will keep its minimum conscription age at 18 despite past promises to raise the limit. A proposed bill originally supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to raise the conscription age range from 18-27 to 21-30. Russian Defense Committee Chair