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The extended programme will focus on recruitment efforts targeted at the tourism sector, as well as workers who are replacing foreign workers.

As of 8 April 2022, a total of RM98.656mn has been channelled to 6,789 employers to continue operating and maintain employment for 79,508 employees. 

BACK in May 2014, when the Scottish independence debate was at its peak, the Better Together campaign made the promise that a No vote would keep…

The initiative applies to employers who hire apprentices, graduates, vulnerable groups including the disabled, ex-servicemen, ex-prisoners, senior citizens, and the general unemployed from 1 January 2022. Applications close on 30 June.

A JOB guarantee scheme for an independent Scotland could the first meaningful step towards increasing local democracy, a new study has suggested. It is one of the progressive forms of economic thought to tackle the social blights of unemployment, poor employment and underemployment, said the policy group Modern Money Scotland. This was formed just after the pandemic started, to counter the mainstream media’s “narrative of post-Covid austerity”, which it said was “unnecessary and dea...

Over 70,000 youths register for Congresss ‘Job Guarantee’ programme in Assam Over 70,000 youths register for Congresss ‘Job Guarantee’ programme in Assam The Congress has promised 1 lakh government employment opportunities every year if it is elected to power. Seeing the large number of applicants who have already registered their names for the job guarantee programme, the party is convinced that people have embraced its vision for progress.  advertisement UPDATED: March 12, 2021 23:49...

Assam Polls: Congress claims to have received 70,000 registrations under its job guarantee programme SECTIONS Share Synopsis Congress party in poll-bound Assam claim that it has received 70,000 registrations under the Guarantee Programme, for unemployed youth of the State. Congress party in poll-bound Assam claim that it has received 70,000 registrations under the Guarantee Programme, for unemployed youth of the State. The Congress party’s freshly launched, Job Guarantee Programme, for unemp...

Assam polls: Over 70,000 register for Congress’ ‘Job Guarantee Programme’ Announced by party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during her recent Assam poll campaign, the Congress had on Thursday launched its “five-guarantee campaign”. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service The party on Friday said over 70,000 youth had registered on its campaign website. Announced by party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during her recent Assam poll campaign, the Co...

Giorgos Argitis Short-time-working (STW) schemes have been key components of responses to the pandemic in Europe. Such schemes however have two major drawbacks, making them inadequate to the employment crisis caused by Covid-19 and the development challenges of our times. First, STW represents a ‘defensive’ labour-market intervention: it aims to preserve, not create, jobs. Full implementation would at best imply the return of employment to pre-pandemic levels. Nasos Koratzanis Even this, ...