ZVG: Minimum wage increase - high burdens for businesses recognised?
For the Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG), the announced increase in the minimum wage to 12.41 euros on 1 January 2024 shows that the Commission has also recognised

IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen: Weak demand burdens plastics packaging
After what many saw as a hopeful start to the year, weak demand, persistently high energy costs and a shortage of skilled workers are currently weighing on the mood among manufacturers of plastic

Pesca e Nettarina di Romagna, amended specification
Five years of waiting and a bureaucratic process that seemed interminable. But in the end, on 14 June last, the Regulation approving and making applicable the amendment to the specification for

Allegations of killings by guards at Del Monte farm in Kenya
A report by British newspaper The Guardian in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism says that security guards employed on a Del Monte pineapple plantation in Kenya allegedly