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Euro Factories Add Jobs in Struggle to Keep Up With Orders

Euro-area factories are scrambling to add staff as burgeoning orders stretch capacity.

How to Keep Employees Engaged With Continuing Education

Think your employees are too busy to care about continuing education? Try again. Lack of growth opportunities is one of the key reasons for employee turnover, and 87 percent of millennials say professional development is important in a job. Here are some tips for managers looking to keep their teams engaged (even on a small budget).

How to Be a Corporate Whistleblower - and Survive

Corporate whistleblowers no longer have to pay a huge price for doing the right thing.

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Ikea Enters 'Gig Economy' by Acquiring TaskRabbit

Ikea, the Swedish home goods retailer, says it has agreed to acquire TaskRabbit, a company known for, among other things, sending tool-wielding workers to rescue customers befuddled by build-it-yourself furniture kits.

Be Wary of Links Between the Gig Economy and Modern Slavery

Procurement professionals need to be aware of the links between the poor employment practices linked to the gig economy and modern slavery, a European government official warns.

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Why India and China May Be the Solution to the World's Fast Fashion Crisis

Consumers these days are no longer strangers to the dark underbelly of the $3tr fashion industry. The textile and garment industry, second only to oil in its polluting effects, has been criticized for its labor standards, hazardous chemicals, and greenhouse gas and waste production.

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Before Wisconsin, Foxconn Vowed Big Spending in Brazil. Few Jobs Have Come.

Before the Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn pledged to spend $10bn and create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin, the company made a similar promise in Brazil.

For Holiday Hires, It's Already Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Shoppers like to complain that holiday decorations appear earlier and earlier. This year, so are the job ads.

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Toys "R" Us Plans to Hire Thousands of Seasonal Workers Despite Bankruptcy

Toys "R" Us Inc. says it plans to again hire thousands of part-time workers nationwide for the holiday shopping season despite the toy chain's bankruptcy filing last week.

There Are an Estimated 40M Slaves in the World. Where Are They?

Slavery is not a thing of the past. A new report by the U.N.-affiliated International Labor Office (ILO) and the Walk Free Foundation estimates that there were 40.3 million people in some form of modern slavery around the world on any given day last year.

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Half of Firms Have Not Produced Slavery Reports, Watchdog Group Says

More than half of U.K. companies that have had 12 months to publish their modern slavery statements have not yet done so, according to figures released by TISCreport.

Robots Endangering Workers Drives German Startup to Airbags

Two years ago, a robot crushed a 22-year-old man to death at a Volkswagen AG factory in Germany after the maintenance worker became trapped in an area usually off-bound to humans. While this type of tragedy is still relatively rare, efforts to improve safety are intensifying as factories around the world become increasingly automated.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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