Asia stocks resilient, dollar up before Yellen, Draghi speeches
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SINGAPORE: Asian stocks advanced on Friday, once again shrugging off a sluggish day on Wall Street, and the dollar strengthened as attention shifted to the central bankers’ symposium that began on Thursday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Europe looks set for a similar start, with financial spreadbetter CMC Markets expecting Britain’s FTSE 100 to open little changed, and Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 to start the day up 0.1 per cent.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , was up 0.25 per cent, set to end the week 1.6 per cent higher.
Piler demands resilient system for workers’ safety
Karachi
April 30, 2021
The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) has underscored the need to lay down a resilient system of occupational safety and health (OSH) at workplaces in the country, saying that the current system, especially the labour inspection mechanism in the provinces, has failed to ensure the protection of workers’ lives and their wellbeing.
In a statement issued on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Piler Executive Director Karamat Ali regretted that every year hundreds of workers lose their lives while working, especially in coal mines and other industries, in major cities of the country.
ILO calls for resilient occupational safety, health systems for future emergencies
National
April 29, 2021
Islamabad: Countries need to put in place sound and resilient occupational safety and health (OSH) systems that would minimise the risks for everyone in the world of work in the event of future health emergencies, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a report, released on World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
This will require investment in OSH infrastructure and integrating it into overall national crisis emergency preparedness and response plans, so that workers’ safety and health is protected, and the business continuity of enterprises is supported.