China to promote labor pain relief metho...

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- China will promote pain relief methods during labor and delivery at over 900 pilot hospitals, with the list to be released soon, according to the National Health Commiss

Japan to narrow urban-rural wage gap bef...

TOKYO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- To address the issue of urban-rural wage gap, Japan is planning to introduce a unified minimum hourly wage to avoid concentration of laborers in urban areas, the labor mini

Less-educated men face declining labor p...

CHICAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- When it comes to finding their place in the labor market, men without a college education in the United States face a complex array of forces including declining wages an

Fed's Powell reiterates patience in inte...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated on Thursday that the central bank will take a patient approach to further rate increases, citing longer-term challenges including low labor for

UK lawmakers vote against Labor customs ...

LONDON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The British House of Commons on Wednesday voted against Labor's Brexit amendment which would see the country joining a customs union with the European Union (EU) after Bre