The Department of Labor and Employment has urged private sector employers in the Philippines to comply with the PHP50 daily wage increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. #lowpaidworkers #wages #minimumwage #retail #agriculture #manufacturing gpa.net/blogs/emea/phi…

New research has revealed that US employees are being misinformed about pay expectations because they are sourcing information about wages from generative AI and social media platforms. #salaryexpectations #wages #salaries #socialmedia #jobpostings gpa.net/blogs/americas…

A little-known scheme from the 1990s, to boost rural job prospects by unlocking tax exemptions and offering payroll benefits, is being revived by the French government. #ZRR #payrollbenefits #taxexemptions #revitalisation gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/f…

For Canadian households, the rising cost of living continues to be a challenge. Although inflation and housing costs have an impact, an even larger expense is making it hard for families to make ends meet. Taxes. #payrolltaxes #costofliving #inflation gpa.net/blogs/americas…

A Ghana Audit Service audit has revealed that the country's government payroll had been inflated by 67,311 ‘ghost workers’, leading to the recovery of around GH₵150.4 million in unearned wages. #ghostworkers #audit #payrollfraud #civilservice gpa.net/blogs/africa/g…

New research shows that 44 per cent of UK freelancers over 21 working in arts and culture are earning below the £12.21 per hour national living wage. #artssector #wages #pay #lowpaidworkers #Arts #Culture gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/u…

New research shows that more than one in four workers in Victoria, Australia, were underpaid their super in 2022-23, representing a loss in retirement savings of more than $1.4 billion in that year. #superannuation #unpaidsuper #paydaysuper #retirement gpa.net/blogs/emea/aus…

Global payroll never stands still, and neither do the professionals shaping its future. In Issue 14 of 04:05, your global payroll magazine, we explore the tech innovations, people, and perspectives shaping our industry. #payrollprofessionals #payrolltech online.flippingbook.com/view/193530807/

The National Wages Consultative Council (Amendment) Act 2025 came into effect on August 1 in Malaysia. It extends the country's current minimum wage to apprenticeship contract workers. #wages #pay #apprentices #salarythreshold gpa.net/blogs/emea/mal…

Working from home would become a right, under proposed legislation in Victoria, Australia. Under the law, if an individual can do their job from home, they will have the right to do so for at least two days a week. #remoteworking #employeeexperience #WFH gpa.net/blogs/emea/aus…

Employees of the Italian fashion house Gucci are threatening strike action, accusing the Kering-owned global brand of denying them a welfare bonus. #retail #logistics #incentiveschemes #luxurybrands gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/i…

New research has revealed that the fear of losing work to AI is making America’s younger employees reluctant to admit they use AI workplace tools at all. #genz #millennials #aiadoption #chatgpt #llms #tech gpa.net/blogs/americas…

With the UK's younger workers being held back by discriminatory age bands, the government's updated LPC remit aims to advance its commitment to delivering a single adult pay band. #youngerworkers #wages #pay #agebands gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/u…

More flexible attitudes to employment could provide work for more than 25,000 unemployed adults in Scotland, new research has found. #flexibleworking #workingparents #recruitment #worklifebalance gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/s…

An employee ordered to do no work for her employer while being paid in full for two decades, seemingly living some people's dream, is now suing for harassment and discrimination. #workfromhome #sickleave #discrimination #hr #occupationalhealth #disability gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/f…

Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, revealed in a recent interview that he personally reviews the salaries of all 42,000 of his employees. He described the practice as a key part of his management strategy. #tech #wages #techpay #wagereview gpa.net/blogs/global/g…

As the UK marked National Financial Awareness Day, CloudPay released a survey revealing that only 48% of professionals receive financial wellbeing support from their employer. #financialwellness #employeeexperience #workplacemorale #financialawareness gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/u…

The Kenyan government aims to raise the tax-free income threshold from the current KSh 24,000. The National Assembly's Finance and National Planning Committee will evaluate the current five tax bands in the 2026 Finance Bill. #taxburden #corporatetax gpa.net/blogs/africa/k…

In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has announced that assigning an employee an unreasonable basic wage will trigger violation alerts under its Wage Protection Program. #wages #payroll #underpayments #wageviolations gpa.net/blogs/middle-e…

Multinational professional services network PwC has introduced a traffic-light dashboard to monitor UK employees’ office attendance using data taken from swipe cards and WiFi connections. #surveillance #employeeexperience #inofficeworking #employeetracking gpa.net/blogs/emea-1/u…