Photo courtesy of the ABC. The seasonally adjusted Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.5 per cent in the March quarter 2015 and 2.3 per cent over the last year, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...
Tags: Wage Price Index, wages growth
The exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh increased by 20.73 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2013-14 to US$ 9.653 billion, as against exports of US$ 7.995 billion made during the corresponding period of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Apparel
After several rounds of meeting with the relevant stakeholders, the Supreme Council for Wages (CSS) has fixed the minimum wage for Category C employees, which include those working in the apparel export sector, at 225 gourdes (about US$ ...
The more than 40 percent rise in provincial minimum wage (UMP) this year has forced around 60 textile and clothing firms from Jakarta to shift to Central Java region, Ade Sudrajat, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) has ...
Tags: Textile Firms, Textile
Consumers and activists across Europe are mobilizing on the streets and on social media this week to ask major high street fashion brands to support a minimum wage increase for garment workers in Cambodia. To bring the shocking reality of ...
Tags: Campaigners, Fashion Brands, Wage Rise
Revenue at Infosys grew in the fourth quarter, but profit fell as a result of a wage rise and investments in newer businesses. Revenue for the quarter was $1.9 billion, up 5.8% from the same quarter last year, helped by the company's ...
Tags: Infosys, revenue, acquisition, Lodestone Holding
Garment manufacturers and exporters in Sri Lanka are worried over the Wages Board's decision to raise the minimum wages in the country by up to 30 percent. Yohan Lawrence,the newly appointed chairman of the Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters ...
Tags: SLAEA, wages, profitability
Following the Cabinet’s move to increase the nation-wide daily minimum wage to Bt 300 from January 1, 2013, the Thailand Government has stepped forward to help the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including textile and ...