Wages

Workers globally lost trillions in wages due to pandemic: UN

The decline of working hours by the mid-year point is equivalent to nearly 500 million full-time jobs.

Paris catches Asia in most expensive city race

Paris, Hong Kong, and Singapore share the top spot of the world's most expensive cities to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's bi-annual survey of 133 cities.

US gains 223,000 jobs bringing unemployment to an 18-year low

The lowest rates of unemployment in almost two decades are accompanied by forecasts of a 4 percent economic growth in the US despite fears of a looming trade war.

Russia accused of exploiting World Cup stadium workers

A report from Human Rights Watch says World Cup stadium workers in six cities had not been paid wages for months and worked in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius without sufficient breaks.

Renegade Ivory Coast soldiers reject government deal on unpaid bonuses

Mutineers who held a major road into Ivory Coast's second city of Bouake rejected a proposed deal on Monday amid a four-day military revolt over a pay dispute.