Giorno: 28 Ottobre 2022

Mental health in the workplace — leaders, this one’s on you

Read More Anxiety, fear, uncertainty and unrealistic pressure. Toxic environments, difficult managers, verbal abuse and sexual harassment. The mental health issues that people face in the workplace are numerous and various. They range from extreme stress to extreme boredom and are punctuated by all of the characteristics listed above and more. What are the ramifications […]

Labour demand answers to Suella Braverman’s ‘growth visa’ leak reports

Read More Rishi Sunak needs to clarify whether Suella Braverman leaked market-sensitive data before she resigned and then was reappointed as home secretary, Labour said on Friday. Amid further warnings that her re-appointment was a mistake, Pat McFadden, a shadow Treasury minister, said the prime minister needed to clarify urgently whether companies or individuals could […]

COVID-19 pandemic ‘likely’ originated with Chinese lab leak, Senate Republican report finds

Post Content A controversial new Senate report led by North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr was released Thursday. The interim report argues that the “likely” origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was a “research-related incident” in China. “While precedent of previous outbreaks of human infections from contact with animals favors the hypothesis that a natural zoonotic […]

Japan Remains the Only Major Economy to Maintain Negative Interest Rates

Read More The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has decided to keep its interest rates below zero, and thus is the only major economy to do so while other key central banks raise interest rates in a bid to curb inflation. Since 2016, Japan’s central bank has maintained its key interest rate at negative 0.1 percent. […]

Loss and damage caused by climate crisis must top the COP27 agenda

Read More (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images) African nations should take the opportunity to put forward Africa’s climate needs at COP27 in Egypt in November, said Marlene Achoki, the global co-lead of the Care Climate Justice Center. She told a virtual press conference that loss and damages […]

Many of Zondo’s state capture recommendations are a political problem for Ramaphosa

Read More Tricky: Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the State Capture Report, which contains 353 recommendations on criminal sanction. (Ntswe Mokoena) There was always the fear that the government’s response to the painstaking, sometimes quixotic recommendations of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on prosecuting and preventing state capture would be inadequate. Sunday evening’s […]

Objects of Desire: Collectible Collaborations

Read More Sneaker store Shelflife worked with Jordan 2 to produce signature footwear. Step in style  A limited collaboration between Italian footwear designer Aquazzura and Swarovski crystals, these sandals are raised high on octagon-cut crystals, a unique take designed for a moment in the spotlight. For the modern muse, new glamour and jewellery for your […]

Windfall tax must change in face of ‘excessive’ oil profits, Alok Sharma says

Read More The UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas profits must be changed to raise billions more and to stop companies using loopholes to invest in further fossil fuel extraction, the outgoing president of global climate talks has said. “These are excessive profits, and they have to be treated in the appropriate way when […]