The United States Department of Education has revealed its plans to lay off nearly half of its staff. These lay-offs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by US President Donald Trump ...

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office. By Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein Reporting from Washington ...

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Where are the UN cuts? An observation: NGOs have been much faster to lay off staff than UN agencies. Significant layoffs or furloughs have started or are in the works across the NGO alphabet, from IRC ...

“Under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the Expo will address eight key thematic areas focused on global challenges, providing an exceptional platform for PNG to showcase its trade ...

The incoming chief of staff of the Israeli army is retired Major-General Eyal Zamir, former director-general of the Defence Ministry, whose term begins on Wednesday. Zamir takes over from ...

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He said he did not have additional details about the incident and declined to comment on it or on his email to staff, which did not name the employee. Fox declined to comment. During Donald Trump ...

An incendiary all-staff email detailing pay, performance ratings and workplace enmities at Slater and Gordon was sent to 25 external sources by employees in the hour before it was deleted from the ...

In a Wednesday memo, Trump administration officials advanced a plan for federal staff reductions. The memo said departments across agencies should prepare to cut staff and reorganize by March 13.

Irish-founded fintech Stripe said it has reached agreement with investors that will allow it buy shares from current and former staff in a deal that values the company at $91.5 billion (€87.3 ...

We call on management to halt the process immediately and engage with staff on viable alternatives. If they refuse, workers are prepared to take swift action to defend jobs and livelihoods.” ...