Australian minimum wage to rise by 3.75 pct

STORY: Australian minimum wage to rise by 3.75 pct SHOOTING TIME: June 4, 2024 DATELINE: June 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fair Work Commission (FWC) office 2. various of Australians in different professions 3. various of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) building STORYLINE: Australia's minimum wage will rise by 3.75 percent from the start of July, industrial relations tribunal the Fair Work Commission (FWC) ruled on Monday. From July 1, the minimum wage will increase from 23.23 Australian dollars (15.47 U.S. dollars) per hour to 24.10 Australian dollars (16.05 U.S. dollars) per hour, or 915.90 Australian dollars (609.99 U.S. dollars) per week based on a 38-hour week, FWC said. According to the commission, 20.7 percent of the Australian workforce, or approximately 2.6 million people, are paid minimum wage rates. After accounting for flow-on effects, the FWC estimates that the increase to the minimum wage will affect a quarter of a

Benesse data leakage

Benesse data leakage

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 10, 2014, shows the headquarters of Japanese education giant Benesse in Okayama, western Japan. The company said the previous day it has so far confirmed the leakage of data on about 7.6 million customers, and the number could rise to 20.7 million.

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference attended by Hitoshi Kobayashi, president of Benesse Corp., in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

Benesse data leakage

Benesse data leakage

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 10, 2014, shows the headquarters of Japanese education giant Benesse in Okayama, western Japan. The company said the previous day it has so far confirmed the leakage of data on about 7.6 million customers, and the number could rise to 20.7 million. (Kyodo)

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference attended by Hitoshi Kobayashi, president of Benesse Corp., in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp. (Kyodo)

Nobel laureate Honjo failed to declare 2.2 billion yen

Nobel laureate Honjo failed to declare 2.2 billion yen

Japanese Nobel Prize winner and Kyoto University professor Tasuku Honjo, seen in this photo taken on June 13, 2019, failed to declare 2.2 billion yen ($20.7 million) in patent royalties paid by Ono Pharmaceutical Co. over four years through 2018 for the anti-cancer drug Opdivo developed through his studies, which tax authorities recognized as taxable income, a source familiar with the matter said Sept. 10, 2020. Honjo filed a lawsuit in June 2020 against Ono Pharmaceutical over the royalty contract for the cancer drug, for which he received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2018.