31 - 40 of 64 results for "worker shortage"

  1. 31. news | 02 May 2013

    Teen dies imitating movie scene

    » CHANTHABURI - A worker at a fruit orchard drowned on Thursday morning after he and two friends tried to imitate a comedy boating scene in the highly popular Thai movie Pee Mak Phra Khanong.

  2. 32. news | 09 Apr 2013

    Indonesia fears shuttlecock shortage

    By AFP

    » JAKARTA - Badminton-crazy Indonesia is concerned a deadly bird-flu outbreak could claim an unlikely victim - the shuttlecock.

  3. 33. business | 23 May 2013

    Low tide beckons for seafood shippers

    By Phusadee Arunmas, Newspaper section: Business

    » Thai frozen seafood shipments look weak this year thanks to the strong baht, the weak yen and a drastic shortage.

  4. 34. news | 25 Mar 2013

    Kerry demands Laos find Sombath

    » WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Laotian authorities to step up their investigation "without further delay" into the disappearance of a prominent US-educated Laotian community development worker 100 da...

  5. 35. learning | 29 May 2012

    Govt leadership shortage: Growing age gap

    About work & leader

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Among Thailand's 2 million civil servants leadership candidates in their 40s missing after many left govt service for better jobs.

  6. 36. news | 14 May 2013

    H&M, Inditex back Bangladesh worker safety agreement

    By AFP

    » Global clothing giants Inditex and H&M on Monday promised to sign up to a plan to improve safety for workers in the factories they use in Bangladesh, in the wake of a deadly factory collapse there.

  7. 37. news | 14 May 2013

    Hundreds of Bangladesh textile plants shut indefinitely

    By AFP

    » Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh's garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1,100 colleagues, employees announced Monday.

  8. 38. learning | 26 Sep 2012

    Local govt boss: Slapped her face, pulled her hair

    About government

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Govt worker attacked when she followed govt rules on hiring local people, not just using boss's choice of contractor to do job.

  9. 39. learning | 03 May 2013

    Migrant workers: System doesn't work

    About labour & the law

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Current system for migrant worker health & passports has failed, punishing rather than helping, workers then leave system & become illegal again.

  10. 40. learning | 06 Dec 2012

    The rise of convenience stores

    About retail & business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Rising farm & worker incomes will make convenience stores like 7-11 the retail sector rising star next year. Many new stores planned with staff speaking many languages.

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