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Lev Shevtsov08 September 2026 09:59

United Kingdom (UK) labour productivity shows signs of a measured revival in administrative tax data, a development relevant for retail, apparel and other labour-intensive supply chains tracking wage pressure, staffing levels and output per hour in the UK. 

WorkSafeBC ordered roughly 3,440 employees back into the office on a fixed weekly schedule. An arbitrator just ruled that move broke the collective agreement it negotiated with its own union less than three years earlier.

Labour productivity in Malaysia continued its upward momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with value added per hour worked growing 5.5% year-on-year, an increase from 4.8% in the first quarter, according to the latest report from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

A ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to RTO ‘doesn’t work and doesn’t make sense’