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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the department he leads would cut 10,000 full-time employees spread across agencies that respond to disease outbreaks, approve new drugs, provide insurance for the poorest Americans and more. “We’re going to eliminate an entire alphabet soup of departments and agencies while preserving their core function,” Kennedy said in a video posted on X. The job cuts include 3,500 at the Food and Drug Administration, 2,400 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1,200 at the National Institutes of Health. Doreen Greenwald, the national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, said: “The administration’s claims that such deep cuts to the Food and Drug Administration and other critical HHS offices won’t be harmful are preposterous.”
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UKHospitality and the Federation of Small Businesses have called on deputy prime minister Angela Rayner to delay her employment rights reforms after the government’s fiscal watchdog warned they risked job losses and price rises. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) cautioned that the policies would "likely have material, and probably net negative, economic impacts on employment, prices, and productivity." Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of UKHospitality, said: "We would like the government to take some time to get this right, give businesses plenty of notice to implement the changes, and give the economy some time to grow." Separately, the boss of retailer Next, Lord Simon Wolfson, has also warned that the Labour government's flagship employment rights bill risks imposing "a huge burden on employers." He said that the bill could "cause havoc" for UK businesses if key details were not set correctly. The proposed bill introduces the concept of a "guaranteed hours offer" for zero-hours and low-hours workers. However, the threshold for what counts as "low-hours" remains undecided, an omission that Lord Wolfson suggested could have significant consequences.
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Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and extreme poverty, has highlighted an alarming rise in workplace stress in Luxembourg, where half of surveyed employees have reported "high levels" of mental distress. He addressed what he described as a “burnout epidemic” in a lecture in Luxembourg this week. De Schutter, a professor of law at UCLouvain and Sciences Po Paris, noted "growing insecurity for employees, with increasing difficulty in reconciling their professional and personal lives." He focussed on two developments: increasing inequality and economic insecurity. "Inequality leads to comparisons with one's neighbours, anxiety, fear of social downgrading and a weakening of social ties . . . People are very uncertain about their professional future."
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In February, the UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) took legal and administrative action against 22 domestic worker recruitment offices for 37 violations of the Federal Decree-Law Concerning Domestic Workers. The violations included failing to refund recruitment fees within the mandated two-week period. MoHRE warned that non-compliance could lead to severe penalties, including the cancellation of licenses for offending offices. The ministry emphasised the importance of adhering to regulations to protect the rights of all parties involved in the employment relationship. MoHRE also encouraged employers to report any violations and highlighted the risks of engaging with unlicensed recruitment offices, saying that "legal rights are assured only when transacting with licensed offices." A list of licensed offices is available on the ministry's official website.
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