Samsung Electronics asked a court on Thursday to block South Korean labour unions from engaging in what it described as illegal activities during a strike, a company spokesperson said, as an ongoing wage dispute threatens to disrupt operations at the world’s largest memory chipmaker.

Wage growth in the UK has slowed to its weakest pace since May 2022, signaling a stabilising labour market, according to official data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Unionised workers at Hyundai Motor Co. voted Monday in favor of a strike to demand higher wages, potentially marking the company’s first walkout in seven years.

President Ilham Aliyev on Friday signed into law the "Minimum Living Wage in the Republic of Azerbaijan for the Year 2025."

Travel disruptions remain a possibility for passengers on Friday as hundreds of Qantas Airways engineers are set to strike for 24 hours across five major airports.