It's part of a larger corporate wave that's turning Japan from a land of rigid, high-cost lifetime employees into a nation where skilled workers migrate with jobs.

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After the recessions of the 1970s and early 1980s, Europe's rigid labour-markets kept unemployment high for decades.

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An ultra-rigid chassis with strategic use of high-tensile steel provides a vault-like platform for the rear-drive powertrain configuration.

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The Cherokee sits relatively high above the road and the drive is rigid and balanced, even when I zipped past 18-wheelers blazing down the I-80.

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Its aluminum chassis makes for quite a rigid device in hand, and the machined and polished bevel gives the V98 a very high-end look.

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High payroll taxes in many Latin American countries penalise workers in the formal economy, and rigid and over-generous labour laws discourage the creation of formal jobs.

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This is chiefly linked to rigid labour-market rules and payroll charges on employers, which between them keep labour costs high and deter job creation.

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