Workforce
Prioritise job creation, especially for the vulnerable
Bangladesh should focus on job creation and integrating vulnerable people into the workforce as well as boosting productivity, experts said at a seminar yesterday.
4 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Morning larks or night owls?
Even if you feel like you're living your best life when it's late at night, being a night owl has some drawbacks. Most night owls still have to wake up early in the morning because of their job schedules or family responsibilities, which means that many of them don't get enough sleep. Disrupting one’s sleep pattern may have unnoticed negative effects on their overall health, in addition to having visible effects on how energetic they are during the day.
3 January 2023, 14:00 PM
Increase in productivity and the 4-day work week
A typical job holder, who commutes to and from his home to work, losing hours in the process, has a lot to gain from a 4-day workweek programme.
9 June 2022, 11:35 AM
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as it confronts decline in PCs
Intel is cutting 12,000 jobs — about 11 percent of its workforce — as it reorganizes to confront a decline in sales of personal computers.
20 April 2016, 04:06 AM
Yahoo to cut its workforce by 15%
Yahoo is cutting 15% of its workforce as the company pursues an "aggressive strategic plan" to return to profitability.
3 February 2016, 06:06 AM