Aug 22, 2022 · The European Parliament has approved a new law to ensure an “adequate” minimum wage across the EU. Japan has also put forward plans to raise its national minimum wage, by a record 3.3%. Luxembourg, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Germany pay some of the highest national hourly minimum wage rates.

Jun 20, 2023 · The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.

Sep 25, 2017 · A new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2017, looks at the state of education in all 35 member countries and a number of partner countries.

Apr 1, 2021 · Your old laptop could be reborn as a piece of jewellery or a new device. New Zealand startup Mint Innovation uses microbes and low cost chemicals to recover precious metals from e-waste. The vision is to have a biorefinery in every major city. The company is one of 17 in The Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2021.

Oct 11, 2022 · In Australia, the case of regenerative farmer Neils Olsen is one such example. He is the first farmer in the world to be paid through a government system to sequester soil carbon. Olsen’s system involves planting a mixture of crops and grazing plants – like pulses and grasses – in strips in the same field, to increase soil nutrients ...

Australia and New Zealand are yet to develop national AI strategies. The reports look 20 years ahead, which is a useful period for policy development. The explicit focus on well-being provides a helpful frame to start national conversations about how to embrace these new technologies, leading rather than passively accepting advances from offshore.

Jan 8, 2020 · Thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to flee or take shelter as flames ravage towns in the southeastern states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. There are also fires blazing in parts of Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Oct 25, 2023 · That principle was put to the test in a series of trials across the world in 2022 co-ordinated by a not-for-profit organization, 4 Day Week Global, with employers in Ireland, the United States, Australia and New Zealand taking part.

Jan 11, 2023 · The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade that include energy supply and food crisis, rising inflation, cyberattacks, failure to meet net-zero targets, weaponization of economic policy, weakening of human rights.

Sep 11, 2015 · The other top rankings are shared between some of the largest Anglophone economies – New Zealand (2 nd), the United States (7 th), The United Kingdom (8 th), Australia (10 th) and the Republic of Ireland (13 th) – and the five Nordic economies: Denmark (4 th), Norway (6 th), Finland (9 th), Sweden (11 th) and Iceland (12 th).