An Australian national survey has shown most respondents have been unsatisfied with their employers and managers on supporting employees with mental illness in the workplace, the charity Sane Australia said on Thursday. The survey, Australia's Working life and mental illness, by the national mental health charity Sane Australia, found that 95 percent of the 520 respondents thought employers and managers needed education on mental illness and how to manage its effects in the workplace. … [Read more...] about Australian managers need help managing mental illness: survey
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Japan PM seen battling to keep job after election
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's backers are trying to set the stage for him to keep his job if his ruling bloc gets trounced in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but analysts wonder whether the strategy will work. Media surveys have forecast a loss for Abe's coalition after his support rates slid to around 30 percent, half the level he enjoyed when he took office in September, on anger over bungled pension records and a series of gaffes and scandals that led two ministers to resign and one to commit suicide. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigns at a rally in Tokyo Faced with the prospect that Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior partner, the New Komeito, will lose their upper house majority, a chorus of government and party leaders have shrugged off the notion that he should step down after a defeat. They have also dismissed past precedent -- such as Ryutaro Hashimoto's swift decision to resign after the LDP suffered a stunning defeat in a 1998 upper house election … [Read more...] about Japan PM seen battling to keep job after election
China factory sector shrinks most in 9 months: survey
BEIJING – China's factories contracted in August the most in nine months according to a survey showing falling export orders and rising inventories, signs that more policy action is probably needed to stop a slowdown in economic growth now in a seventh quarter. The HSBC Flash China manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 47.8 in August, its lowest level since November, down from both the 49.5 July flash and the 49.3 final reading. … [Read more...] about China factory sector shrinks most in 9 months: survey
Half of employees globally open to working abroad
Nearly half of workers around the world would consider moving to another country for the right job, a pay rise and other incentives such as trips home and language training, according to a new survey released on Monday. With the global economy still struggling, employees in Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Turkey and India were most eager to grasp new opportunities, while workers in Sweden, the United States and Belgium preferred to stay closer to home, the Ipsos international poll showed. Nearly 20 percent of people questioned said they would be very likely to work abroad for two to three years if they were given a 10 percent pay rise, and 30 percent said it was a possibility they would ponder. "You are looking at half the population of employees in 24 countries who are actually willing to take an assignment abroad, which is huge," said Keren Gottfried, research manager at Ipsos Global Public Affairs. "When you consider the increasing globalization of our world and how portfolios now … [Read more...] about Half of employees globally open to working abroad
On Tet days, students work as babysitters
While most students have returned to their home villages to celebrate Tet with families, a lot of other students still stay in Hanoi, because they have to work to get money to spend on Tet days. The special babysitters, car keepers and house cleaners Some of the students are lucky enough to get the jobs which have relation with their trained majors, while others have to take any jobs they can, from babysitters, car keepers to house cleaners. Nguyen Van Truong, a student of the Hanoi National University, said that he would stay in Hanoi for some more days to earn some money to pay for the rent room. The rent alone costs him 800,000 dong a month. Therefore, Truong does not have much money left for meals. Though Truong would leave for the home village in some more days, he would still have to pay the rent. Meanwhile, he does not want to ask for the money from the parents. Therefore, he has decided to work as a taxi motorbike driver. “I can earn hundreds of thousands of dong … [Read more...] about On Tet days, students work as babysitters