Processing times of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications can vary for many reasons, including the number of applications received by the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program. The ...

A study conducted by the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery and child labour in Bangladesh's garment supply chains. The ready-made ...

The government is considering forcing households who only watch streaming services to pay the BBC licence fee. The idea of expanding the licence to cover viewers of services such as Netflix and ...

A difficult labour law regime prevents businesses from managing their operations well. At the core of this sits the Industrial Disputes Act whose Chapter 5 prevents businesses employing more than ...

will vote against former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor, his spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. In a post Monday on the social media ...

A Labour backbencher warned that any attempt by Sir Keir to water down plans to boost employment rights would spark a “massive row”. Asked about the Prime Minister’s comments, and if there ...

But that lead, on a question vital to voter confidence, is disappearing. The electorate still trusts Labour over the Conservatives when it comes to managing the economy, but by a very precarious two ...

The public has turned on Labour after Rachel Reeves’s record tax raid triggered an economic downturn, according to a new survey. Three quarters of Britons now rate the economy as “poor ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While the Labour government has ruled out rejoining the EU single market or customs union, it wants to improve what it has called Boris Johnson's "botched Brexit deal", and that the PEM could ...

The chancellor has told Labour MPs there are "no easy routes" to economic growth, after hinting the government will back a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Rachel Reeves said ministers must start ...

SINGAPORE – The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) has revoked the licence of a pre-school in Seletar Hills Estate after concluding its investigation into child mismanagement incidents ...