JAKARTA: Rahima, 32, has been a teacher for nine years in Alor, an island in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province. She has a bachelor’s degree in education but earns only about 300,000 rupiah (US$18.50) per month from working five days a week as an honorary teacher at a public elementary school. Honorary teachers get an … Read more
A manager was left fuming after uncovering a staggering pay disparity at her workplace. Olivia, a team lead, found out that she was earning up to £9,000 less than the employees she managed, sparking a heated confrontation with HR and her boss. In a recent video, keynote speaker and entrepreneur Chris Donnelly recounted the unfolding … Read more
New Delhi: After facing backlash on the social media platforms for offering low salaries for freshers, IT company Cognizant on Sunday clarified that this is not the case. The backlash erupted over the company allegedly offering Rs 2.52 lakh per annum for freshers. According to the company, this salary range applies only to “candidates with … Read more
A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday barred a Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. US District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas said the FTC, which enforces federal antitrust laws, does not have the authority to ban … Read more
Each member of the House of Representatives takes N600,000 as monthly salary against N900,000, which is being speculated by some Nigerians, its spokesperson, Akin Rotimi, has said. Mr Rotimi made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He reaffirmed the commitment of the House to the 50 per cent deduction in their salary … Read more
A frustrated job applicant demanded for companies publicly list salary ranges on job postings, citing the current lack of such information as a source of frustration. Job hunting is often described as both excruciating and tiresome, and per the applicant, one of the most challenging aspects for job seekers is determining their worth when applying … Read more
Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs. The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco by two women who have worked at Apple for more than a decade claims the company systematically underpays … Read more
US banking regulators are planning to revive a proposal that would require big banks to defer executive compensation and claw back more of their bonuses if losses pile up, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Six agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, are involved in developing … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle giant is giving its artificial intelligence engineers a raise as the automaker tries to fend off poaching efforts by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. The tech billionaire made the revelation in a series of X posts Wednesday, confirming a report from The Information that Tesla machine-learning scientist Ethan Knight left for … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has sent a bill seeking to amend the salaries of judicial officers to the House of Representatives for consideration. This was contained in a correspondence from the president to the House read by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen during plenary on Tuesday. The Executive Bill is titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prescribe … Read more
