MANILA, Philippines — The across-the-board wage hike ranging from P100 to P200 for private sector workers that legislators are proposing should undergo further study, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Efforts to close these wage gaps are far more recent. The wage gap represents the unfair divergence between the pay of different groups of people, often by demographic characteristics. Overall ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the 2025-26 financial year on February 1, Saturday. The Budget document contains several technical terms that can be hard to ...

In the present system, councillors can vote to give themselves a pay rise every year by considering amendments to the council’s scheme of allowances ... national living wage for 2025 to ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday divulged that the commission was considering an EU subsidy programme that he had proposed. The German government scrapped its own scheme abruptly in 2023 ...

The scheme would allow 18 to 30 year-olds from the EU to travel, work and study in the UK for a period, "with reciprocity for young UK nationals", according to the European Commission. Both Labour ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, right, and Fine Gael’s Simon Harris talk to the media outside the ...

Ireland has delayed choosing its new prime minister after a row over speaking rights sparked angry scenes in parliament. The Irish Parliament, called the Dail, had this morning convened to ...

healthier ingredients directly from manufacturers participating in HPB’s Healthier Ingredient Development Scheme. Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang said that while schools will do ...

LAHORE: More than Rs 84 billion for Punjab’s Easy Business Finance Scheme, and over Rs 48 billion for Punjab’s Easy Business Card Scheme have been allocated, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz ...

According to economists and energy experts, higher power generation costs, rapid expansion of power infrastructure and excessive capacity charges have contributed to the subsidy burden.

MPs support move for bottle deposit return scheme in Northern Ireland The House of Commons voted 352 to 75, majority 277, in favour of the proposal designed to incentivise recycling of drinks ...