THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Germany is hiring nurses under a government-to-government program for Filipino applicants with nursing licenses and work experience.

CITGO Petroleum Corp., the US subsidiary of Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, said on Wednesday that the United States had revoked the visa of its president and chief executive Asdrubal Chavez, cousin of Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez, but it did not say why.

FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Engine maker Rolls-Royce is exploring the idea of using robots inspired by snakes and cockroaches to help it inspect and repair engines in the future, the company’s researchers said at the Farnborough Airshow.

FRANKFURT -- Thyssenkrupp should replace Guido Kerkhoff as chief executive with a new external candidate, activist investor Elliott Associates told the company’s supervisory board.

Our family-owned factory is losing money due to the high cost of maintaining its operations, including the salaries and benefits of the workers who are receiving double rate of the metro minimum wage. There’s no hope of survival as the workers’ pay package is increasing every year due to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the union. Finally, we have decided to close the factory. Now, how do we break the bad news to our employees? -- Yellow Submarine.

THE LABOR department said its priorities for compliance inspections include television networks, economic zones and security agencies.

MALACAÑANG said on Thursday that the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) will inspect all maritime schools in the Philippines to ensure their compliance with the standards of the European Union (EU).

PRIVATE SECTOR groups in Western Visayas and Davao are urging their respective Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) to reconsider minimum wage hike increases, warning that higher manpower costs could make their industries uncompetitive.

PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) said comments attributed to the labor secretary regarding the telco’s executives owning a number of labor-only contracting companies are false and misleading.

Last week, I disapproved a request by my assistant for the purchase of a new laptop computer to replace a five-year old model. He claims the defective laptop contributes to delays and difficulties in doing his job. I told him to wait for next year as we don’t have a budget for it. In the meantime, I told him to use a desktop computer that is available for use by anyone in the department. Since then, he appears to be sending in defective reports, if not delaying submission. I’m not sure how I handled the rejection. But how do I handle similar situations in the future? -- Cooling Off.

THE care services industry could produce up to 475 million jobs by 2030, a new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police arrested a senior General Electric Co. executive on Wednesday, as part of a sprawling investigation into fraud in medical equipment tenders overseen by health authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, police and prosecutors said.