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GLOBAL HUMAN CAPITAL HEADLINES
India's 2014 Projected Salary Increase, Emerging Trends and Outlook
Salaries in India are projected to rise 10% in 2014 on the back of improving business confidence, positive expectations from the general elections, and moderating inflation. According to Aon Hewitt's 18th Annual Salary Increase Survey in ...   Read on...
U.S.: Accenture 2014 Manufacturing Skills and Training Study
A new Accenture manufacturing and skills study, completed in collaboration with The Manufacturing Institute, looks at the skills shortage in the US manufacturing industry and what actions manufacturing companies can take to address ...  Read on...
Free trade, lower wages drive Mexico's automaking boom
Mexico is winning thousands of new auto jobs by offering a compelling combination of lower labor costs, a mature supply base and access to transportation that makes it easy to export vehicles to the U.S., South America and Europe ...   Read on...
Guide to China Market Salaries
This guide is intended to give approximate salary ranges for the positions as described and specific skills or experience requirements can mean that a premium may need to be paid. Salaries are based on a 13-month per year gross ...  Read on...
Adapting to a Workforce Without Borders
Human resources (HR) and learning functions need to rethink their strategies to remain relevant in the new global landscape. As companies stake their growth strategies on global expansion and penetration of new markets, they face a new ...  Read on...
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ASIA HR ARTICLES
Is corporate India ready to blow the whistle?
The onus is on companies to put in place a vigil mechanism to detect and deter fraud. When in December last year Grant Thornton, one of the biggest accounting firms in the world, conducted a survey among 250-odd CXOs and ...  Read on...
Additional Asia HR articles

- Japan: Proposed amendments to rules on labour dispatch
- Japan: Proposed exception to five-year rule on fixed-term employees
- Singapore: New Implications on Overtime Work
- Malaysia: Special pass for overstay occurrence 




LATIN AMERICA HR ARTICLES
How Safe are Mexico's Border Cities for Business Travelers?
Cities along the nation's U.S. border have become markedly safer during the past couple of years, but the recent arrest of a drug lord could precipitate more violence ...    Read on...
Additional Latin America HR articles

- CFOs Expect Labor Unrest to Harm Latin American Economies
- Brazil: new regulations for work on sundays and public holidays
- Collective agreements in Brazil: One agreement, two purposes
- Latam leaders discuss improving education and skills to help diversity economy 


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U.S. & CANADA HR ARTICLES
U.S.: We're Not Out of Engineers Yet
According to several outlets, a dearth of science and engineering students, coupled with the underqualified workforce unable to fill current need, is leading to the intellectual downfall of the nation. If you strike up a conversation with ...   Read on...
Additional U.S. and Canada HR articles

- Skills Shortage Threatens Future Earnings and Growth Prospects of U.S. Manufacturers, According to a New Report
- U.S.: Supreme Court Holds Severance Payments are Taxable Wages under FICA
- A Global Mobility Manager's Guide: Obtaining expat vehicles in the U.S.A.
- U.S.: IRS rules on insurance for employer-provided retiree health benefits
- U.S.: Summer employment Payroll and employment tax considerations

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CHINA HR ARTICLES
Air Pollution Impedes Executive Hiring in China
Rapidly increasing wages, high demand for qualified workers, and high turnover rates have made recruiting and retaining talent one of the top challenges multinational companies face in China year after year. But there's another issue making employee ...   Read on...
Additional China HR articles

- Salary Guide Greater China 2013
- The View from China's Productivity Frontier
- China: Skills shortage to continue
- How to raise workplace productivity in China: Workplace productivity snapshot 

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EUROPEAN HR ARTICLES
No, France Has Not Banned Employees from Checking Work Emails After 6 p.m.
In the last few days there have been a number of articles in the UK press which have suggested that employer federations and unions in France have signed a new, legally binding agreement which means that staff are banned from ...    Read on...
Additional European HR articles

- Germany's labor costs rising faster than EU average
- Hungary: Changes to approved employee share plans
- Belgian Employment Law Reforms 2014
- Federation Council Approves Bill Requiring Russian Language for Residency
- UK: Agency Workers on Indefinite Contracts are Not Protected by the Agency Worker Regulations 

 

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