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The remains of as many as 10,000 Koreans who died in forced labour, digging mines or building dams, are still in Japan, according to South Korean government estimates. Japan says it has identified 2,799 remains of Korean wartime labourers. Japan's foreign ministry said it had been in communication with South Korea about wartime labour issues but could not disclose details. "There's momentum now, and the Japanese and Korean governments are trying to reconcile their differences." Reporting by Sakura Murakami in Ube, Japan and Ju-min Park in Daegu, South Korea; Writing by John Geddie; Editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Protests across France to test government resolve over pension reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A general view shows protesters during a demonstration against French government's pension reform plan in Paris as part of the third day of national strike and protests in France, February 7, 2023. The slogan reads "Macron's pensions reform, it's no". President Emmanuel Macron says the reform is "vital" to ensuring the viability of the pension system. Saturday's protests are the first on a weekend, when workers do not need to strike or take time off to march. They also come after the first week of debate on the pension legislation in parliament.

☆ France braces for second nationwide strike against pension reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"This reform is unfair and brutal," Luc Farre, the secretary general of the civil servants' UNSA union told Reuters. "Moving (the pension age) to 64 is going backwards, socially." Opinion polls show a majority of French oppose the reform, but President Emmanuel Macron and his government intend to stand their ground. The reform is "vital," Macron said on Monday during a visit to the Netherlands, adding that it would allow the pension system to keep working. Borne said the government was looking at the impact of the reform on the additional pension rights women normally get for having children.

☆ French nurse fears Macron's pension reform will leave women worse off
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Juliette Jabkhiro | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - French nurse Maryse Lopez says women get a raw deal in President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform because they take longer parental leave and work part time more often than men. Macron wants to raise the retirement age by two years to keep the pension system out of the red. Like many women, Lopez took six months of maternity leave and worked part time a few years for childcare. "We need to live life in good health and not be completely broken by the time we retire," Lopez said. [1/3] French nurse Maryse Lopez attends a demonstration against the French government's pension reform plan in Paris as part of a day of national strike and protests in France, January 19, 2023.

☆ As South Korean government proposes flexible overtime rules, some fear workers may suffer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It would supersede a 2018 law that limited the work week to 52 hours - 40 hours of regular work plus 12 hours of overtime. For counting periods of a month or longer, up to 29 hours a week of overtime would be allowed, for a total of 69 work hours in one week. In a statement, the Korean Women's Associations United said "only regulations like the 52-hour workweek and pressure from labour unions can protect workers from long working hours". Extending working hours, even temporarily, affects women more than men, said Lee Min-Ah, Professor of Sociology at Chung-Ang University. Other workers say the new plan ignores a lot of the cultural and social nuances of work in South Korea.

[1/5] SNCF Express Regional (TER) trains are seen at the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris on the eve of a nationwide day of strike and protests in key sectors like energy, public transport, air travel and schools against the pension reform, France, January 18, 2023. The nationwide day of strikes and protests is a major test for President Emmanuel Macron, but also for the unions. Opinion polls show French voters overwhelmingly reject a reform that the government says is vital to ensure the pension system does not go bust. Government spokesman Oliver Veran said the cabinet was "calm, determined" ahead of the strike and urged workers not to paralyse the country. Meanwhile, Macron and several of his ministers will be in Barcelona on Thursday for a meeting with the Spanish government.

☆ Japan's real wages fall at fastest pace in over 8 years in November, weighed by inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages fell at their fastest rate - 3.8% - in over eight years in November as a result of higher inflation, while nominal pay growth slowed despite rising for the 11th straight month, official data showed on Friday. Inflation-adjusted real wages, a key indicator of consumer purchasing power, dropped 3.8% in November from a year earlier, according to the labour ministry. It was the fastest pace of decline since a 4.1% drop in May 2014 and followed a revised 2.9% fall in October. Moreover, real wages were in negative territory for the eighth month in a row due to higher inflation. The consumer price index the ministry uses to calculate real wages, which includes fresh foods but not owners' equivalent rent, rose 4.5% in November from a year earlier, the quickest pace of increase since June 1981.

☆ Spain's December jobless falls to 15-year low
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Jon NazcaJan 3 (Reuters) - The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell slightly in December from a month earlier, ending 2022 at a 15-year low, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday. The number of jobless fell by 1.52%, or by 43,727 people, leaving 2.84 million people out of work. "This data shows that labour protection measures are working," Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said in a post on Twitter. Spain lost 8,347 net formal jobs in December to 20.31 million jobs, after November's record high job creation, a separate report from the Social Security Ministry showed. Unemployment of young people under 25 decreased 5.86% in December, by 12,185 people, compared with the previous month and reaching a record low of 195,751 people.

☆ Japan's jobless rate falls to 2.5% in Nov
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate fell to 2.5% in November, while the availability of jobs stayed at its highest level since March 2020, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched economists' median forecast in a Reuters poll and was down from 2.6% in October. The jobs-to-applicants ratio stood at 1.35, labour ministry data showed, unchanged from October. For a table on the jobless data, go to the internal affairs ministry's website: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/index.htm(Note: The jobs-to-applicants ratio and new job offers can be seen in Japanese on the labour ministry's website)Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama, writing by Kaori Kaneko Editing by Chang-Ran KimOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

MADRID/BARCELONA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Spain has fined Delivery Hero's (DHER.DE) local business Glovo 79 million euros ($78 million) for allegedly violating labour laws, its labour minister Yolanda Diaz said on Wednesday. "(Glovo) has violated fundamental labour rights and they have obstructed the work of the investigation. In May 2021, Spain passed one of Europe's first laws relating to gig-economy workers' rights, requiring riders for food delivery platforms be made employees on formal labour contracts. A woman wearing a protective face mask amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past Glovo food delivery couriers in Kyiv, Ukraine August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File PhotoBut some, such as 19-year-old Glovo rider Giancarlo from Peru, said they have still not been offered a formal contract.

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