The Japanese government is encouraging firms to allow workers to clock off at 3pm on the last Friday of each month, in a bid to tackle overwork and boost the economy.

Last month the US Department of Labor sued software giant Oracle for wage violations and hiring bias, alleging that the company displayed “hiring discrimination against qualified White, Hispanic, and African-American applicants in favor of Asian applicants, particularly Asian Indians.”

Europe needs to open up legal routes for African migrants to work on the continent in order to reduce the number of those losing their lives in perilous Mediterranean crossings, according to the IOM's Europe director.

The main reason for the gender gaps at work is employers’ expectation that people spend long hours at their desks, research has shown.

Retired households in the UK now have more disposable income than those of working age, according to a new report from the Resolution Foundation think tank.

In its simplest form, a universal basic income (UBI) pays every citizen a no-strings wage. Arvind Subramanian, India’s chief economic adviser, believes that, in a country in which one in five people live below the poverty line, it is “an idea whose time has come…Perhaps not for immediate implementation, but at least for serious discussion.”

President Trump is fossil-fuel friendly but renewable energy provides five times more jobs than coal mines in rural communities.