Companies are willing to pay higher wages in order to ensure that workers remain committed and contribute their best efforts to maximize productivity levels, according to a study in the International Journal of Economic Theory published by Wiley-Blackwell. An increase in unemployment insurance, while implying higher wages, is nevertheless beneficial to long term economic activity.

Only few parents obtain allowance benefits by fraud. Earlier assumptions that many parents cheat the state out of money have proved false.

The Moderate Conservatives, the ruling party of the Swedish center-right coalition government, proposes that child allowances paid to parents with children be divided equally between separated mothers and the fathers - when there is joint care of the youngsters.

The strike started by the Nigerian contract staff of the Nigeria LNG Limited on Monday became worse early Wednesday as the aggrieved Nigerian contractors embarked on a lockout of the Nigeria LNG Port Harcourt office and Bonny Plant Complex in Rivers state in the volatile Niger Delta region.

Customers determine the success of any business; whether a sense of loyalty develops often depends on one particular dynamic: a customer’s relationship with the salesperson.