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WASHINGTON - Senior Biden economic officials have in recent weeks been peppered by complaints from restaurant groups, the construction industry, and other businesses about their inability to find enough workers as the U.S. economy begins to cover from the pandemic.

HÀ NỘI — About 9.1 million people in Việt Nam had their employment status negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of this year, with workers in the service sector worst affected, according to the General Statistics Office of Việt Nam (GSO).

For years, Uber has been locked in a fierce and expensive contest with global regulators over the protections it offers to drivers. The gig economy giant has argued that drivers are free agents, able to work when and where they like, and are therefore not directly employed by Uber -- or eligible for benefits like sick leave and overtime.

A total of 654,864 foreign workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have registered since January 15 to screen for Covid-19 after the online registration system closed at midnight on February 13. Personal identities will be completely recorded within April 16, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said.

Thailand’s Outsourcing Employment Association revealed that even though the country has been hit by a Covid-19 outbreak twice, the demand for blue-collar workers has not fallen.

Members of the Labour Network for People’s Rights rallied outside Government House on Tuesday demanding that the government pay Bt5,000 to each member of the country’s workforce for three months.

The Labour Ministry is gathering a list of more than 58,000 available positions to help workers made jobless by the fresh Covid-19 outbreak.

More than 200 Burmese workers are returning to Myanmar via the Mae Sot district border in Tak province on Friday before entering the quarantine process after crossing the border.

The Labour Ministry has issued orders prohibiting migrant workers from leaving high-risk areas as of Sunday in a bid to control the second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Soldiers on Friday caught a boat that was being used to smuggle people from Myanmar via a natural border in Tak’s Mae Sot district.

The Migrant Working Group (MWG) has outlined hardships facing an estimated 700,000 migrant workers who have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 crisis in Thailand.

MANILA, Philippines — The country faces a postpandemic skills and employment gap that may leave 2.4 million skilled jobs vacant and unfilled if there are no significant reforms in education and training of workers.