Can govt employees get 4% DA hike in July?

Federal workers return to the office 4 days a week. Will it be smooth sailing or 'another hot mess'?

Federal workers return to the office 4 days a week. Will it be smooth sailing or 'another hot mess'?

Hong Kong pivots to a 5-day civil service work week in 2006 – SCMP archive

This article was first published on July 3, 2006. Workers more efficient over five days: civil service chief by Ng Kang-chung Civil servants can work more efficiently and serve citizens better by not having to work on Saturdays, the city’s 6.9 million residents have been promised on the eve of implementation of a five-day week. The new working week would also help save citizens time and travel expenses if they switched to using services by fax, mail or internet, Civil Service Secretary Denise...

More than one-third of employees still work from home

Return-to-office mandates gained steam in 2025, and yet more employees are working from home. Last year, 35 of employed people did some or all work remotely, up from 33 in 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest American Time Use Survey. Workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher were more likely to work []...Click to read more

Chip stocks are down everywhere. Oil is back to prewar prices. The jobs report is up next

A fourth straight month of gains above 100,000 would represent a run of job growth not seen since the start of 2024

सेवानिवृत्त राष्ट्रसेवक कर्मचारीले पाउने भुक्तानी असार २५ गतेसम्म हुने

काठमाडौँ। महालेखा नियन्त्रक कार्यालयले सेवानिवृत्त हुने राष्ट्रसेवक कर्मचारीको असार २५ गतेसम्म सुविधाबापतको रकम निकासा गरी भुक्तानी गर्न/गराउनका लागि सबै कोष तथा लेखा नियन्त्रक कार्यालयलाई निर्देशन दिएको छ। महालेखा नियन्त्रक कार्यालयका लेखा अधिकृत सुभाषचन्द्र अर्यालले पत्राचार गरेर सेवानिवृत्त कर्मचारीको सुविधामध्ये उपदान, सञ्चित बिदा र औषधीउपचार बापत पाउने रकम भुक्तानी गर्नु/गराउनुहुन अनुरोध गरिएको बताए। कार्यालयको यही असार []

8th CPC: Can Level 10 employees get Rs 43,000 HRA?

8th CPC: Can Level 10 employees get Rs 43,000 HRA?

How July CPI Data Could Make or Break Your 2027 Social Security Raise

It's a critical month for benefits.

Kerajaan laksana Hari Bekerja Hibrid bermula 1 Ogos

PETALING JAYA: Bermula 1 Ogos ini, penjawat boleh bekerja dua hari di rumah atau lokasi alternatif dan tiga hari di pejabat di bawah pelaksanaan Hari Bekerja Hibrid (HBH). Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar berkata, penjawat awam boleh bekerja dua hari di rumah atau lokasi alternatif yang diluluskan oleh Ketua Jabatan dan ... Read more The post Kerajaan laksana Hari Bekerja Hibrid bermula 1 Ogos appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

LIST: July 2026 special non-working days in PH provinces, cities, towns

Here are the July 2026 special non-working days in various localities, as proclaimed by the President

Over 1 in 3 returnee migrants paid no recruitment costs: NSO

Kathmandu, July 10: Around one-third of Nepali return migrant workers did not pay any recruitment fees or related costs...

Basic Law: Torah Study will damage economy, Treasury warns

The Ministry of Finance says the law will further incentivize haredi men not to work, and forecasts a 16 rise in direct taxes by 2065 as a result.

Form 144 Guardant Health For: 26 June

Form 144 Guardant Health For: 26 June

America Added 57,000 Jobs in June. Leisure and Hospitality Cut 61,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 57,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs in June, the weakest monthly gain in more than a year, as leisure and hospitality shed 61,000 workers during what should have been peak summer hiring season. Downward revisions erased a combined 74,000 jobs from April and May, leaving the Fed with a labor market that is weakening faster than it appeared a month ago.

UNC Burn Center prepares for busiest time of year

Doctors say Fourth of July admissions to the UNC Burn Center are more than twice as high as on a typical day, with children making up more than one-third of patients.

Excise duty a can kicked down road but now back in view

With week's confirmation of a phased re-introduction of excise duty increases from September, a can the Government kicked down the road - and the problems it potentially brings - is coming back into view, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Gavin Newsom’s delivers brutal message to workers fighting July 1 return to office mandate

Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a “mass exodus” of employees. Starting July 1, roughly 100,000 state workers will be required to report to the office or the field four days a week, []

Centre to lift restrictions on sale, distribution on petrol, diesel from July 1

Centre to lift restrictions on sale, distribution on petrol, diesel from July 1

Govt Revises Export Duty On Petrol, Diesel And ATF From July 1; Mauritius, Maldives Get Exemption

The Centre has revised the special additional excise duty on the export of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), with the new rates set to come into effect from July 1, 2026. While the export duty on petrol has been

Indian kharif sowing deficit narrows, as 48% of normal area complete; paddy acreage dips 9%

Overall, coverage down 16 per cent from a year ago despite 180 lh being brought under cultivation

Nothing in Commonwealth

As July begins, Virginians brace for higher gas taxes, hoping that the 68 price of a barrel of crude oil will start to bring the price at the pump back down. However, they will very soon be hit with a 7 increase in their electric bills. Iran? No. Trump tariffs? No. This is because, as...

School board member Jennifer Custer: Blame county’s delayed property tax bills for CPS financial woes, not the state – Chicago Tribune*

Last year alone, the five-month delay of the 2025 second installment of taxes cost CPS about 30 million, or approximately 220,000 per day at the peak. ... The delays since 2020 have cost the district a total of over 80 million. And this cost will grow further because of another anticipated two-month delay for the 2026 second-installment property tax bills, which are being shifted from Aug. 1 to October.

Getting a DUI can be especially costly in these states, study shows

In time for the Fourth of July, one of the more DUI-prone days of the year, a recent study ranked states based on how much a violation will increase a driver's average insurance cost.

Spurs forward Carter Bryant among Fourth of July holiday travelers at busy San Antonio airport

Millions of Americans are expected to travel for the Fourth of July holiday, with AAA projecting 5.85 million will fly domestically, slightly surpassing last year’s record. At San Antonio International Airport, travelers—including Spurs forward Carter Bryant—were seen departing early Thursday, with moderate wait times reported at security checkpoints.

Government declares June 30 a normal working day despite protests against undocumented migrants

Government declares June 30 a normal working day despite protests against undocumented migrants

EU petrol and diesel prices surge over 10% in July from February

In Italy, the excise duty reductions—which had been extended several times—came to an end on 1 July: petrol now costs 9.4 per cent more (from e.655 to 1.810 per litre) and diesel has risen by 10.9 per cent (from 1.702 to 1.887), which is below the EU average for petrol

Fewer working days weigh on May industrial production

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All the social welfare changes coming in July, August and September explained

Several social welfare changes are coming over the next three months.

New rule changes raise wages, add costs for households from July 1

Dutch households will see several financial changes beginning July

Poll: Do you think workers earning more than €44k should pay less tax?

Tánaiste Simon Harris says the government plans on raising the income threshold.

Fourth of July travelers hit with high fuel prices

Millions of Americans are expected to travel over the Fourth of July holiday, with many Californians paying even more to fill up after the state’s latest gas tax increase took effect this week. KTLA's John Fenoglio reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

Edmonton women’s shelter workers get 3% raise

The raise is spread over 2 years and follows up on 3 years of wage freezes.

Korn Ferry: Productivity Gains And Improving Labor Market Lift Q4

Korn Ferry: Productivity Gains And Improving Labor Market Lift Q4

The troubling new trend that's making California's forest fires more dangerous

SAN JOSE, Calif. — With July Fourth weekend, California and other Western states are heading into the beginning of peak fire season — when rain is scarce and temperatures are high. But an ominous new trend is reshaping forest fire behavior. ...

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

Wage, salary drop from last month, increase Y-on-Y in May

The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 2.3 per cent higher in May 2026 than in May 2025, according to Statistics Finland. The seasonally adjusted wages and salaries sum of the whole economy decreased by 0.6 per cent in May from the previous month. The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum was 2.2 per cent higher in the private sector in May than twelve months earlier and 2.0 percent higher in the public sector. In the private sector, the seasonally adjusted wages and salaries sum decreased by 0.7 per cent and in the public sector by 1.0 per cent in May from the month before. The wages and salaries sum grew in May 2026 in majority of main industries but decreased in the industries of private health and social work, private education and trade compared to May 2025. The wages and salaries sum increased significantly in the industry of manufacturing (6.8). The growth was moderate in the finance and insurance (3.5), construction (3.1) and industries of other services (1.5). At the same period the working day adjusted wages and salaries sum decreased in the industries of private health and social work (1.6), private education (0.5) and trade (0.1).

Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!

Planning a Fourth of July getaway? Use less gas—and cut your emissions—by easing up on the pedal.

Trump has created a ‘trickle up’ tariff economy that means U.S. companies aren’t done hiking consumer prices over import taxes

The Federal Reserve of New York found that nearly half of service firms and manufacturers anticipated raising prices as a result of tariffs.