India – IT hiring upbeat with talent demand up 30% in May

India’s IT/Telecom sector saw talent demand climb 30% in May 2022 on both an annual and monthly basis, according to the latest TimesJobs RecruiteX report.

TimesJobs RecruiteX is a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and supply of talent at India Inc.

The Index noted the IT/telecom sector...

Singapore – Lower-wage workers and job seekers to get more support under enhanced measures (The Straits Times)

Lower-wage workers and job seekers in Singapore who need more help will be getting greater support, with new measures announced by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong today, reports The Straits Times. The Progressive Wage Credit Scheme, in which the government co-funds the wage increases of lower-wage...

Asia Pacific – Japan to recruit Vietnamese technical interns under new MoU (Vietnam Plus)

Vietnam and Japan yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the technical intern training programme for Vietnamese interns in Japan, reports Vietnam Plus. The Memorandum was signed by representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International...

Australia – Fair Work Commission rules to lift national minimum wage

Australia’s Fair Work Commission announced that the National Minimum Wage will increase by AUD 40.00 per week (approximately USD 28.00), which amounts to an increase of 5.2%.

The announcement came after the Commission’s Annual Wage Review.

From 1 July 2022, the National Minimum Wage will increase....

Australia – A third of employees are satisfied with current job benefits

A third, or 33%, of Australian employees are satisfied with their current benefits, according to research from Hays Australia.

It comes after news that the value of salary increases is rising, yet Australians feel their performance and the demand for their skills merits more.

“With a salary expectation...

Japan – Telecom giant NTT to begin remote work as norm for 30,000 employees, will pay for transportation expenses to office (Kyodo News)

Japan-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) will in July begin remote work as its new norm for around 30,000 of its domestic employees, treating attendance as a business trip and allowing for work and commute from anywhere in Japan, even by air, reports Kyodo News, citing a source familiar...

India – Jobseekers call for shutdown over new fixed-term army recruitment plan (BBC News)

Tens of thousands of job seekers have called for a shutdown in India to protest against a new army hiring plan which has sparked violence, reports BBC News. Protesters are demanding the rollback of the plan to hire soldiers on a fixed four-year term, saying it would shatter their dreams of a secure job....

Singapore – Labour market continues to improve with total employment growing in Q1 2022

Singapore's labour market continued to improve in the first quarter of 2022, with total employment continuing to expand, according to research from the Ministry of Manpower.

Total employment expanded by 42,000 (excluding Migrant Domestic Workers) in Q1 2022. Most of the total employment increase in Q1...

Hong Kong – Seasonally adjusted jobless rate improves in May quarter as Covid-19 restrictions relax

Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in the three months ended May 2022, compared to 6.0% during the same three-month period last year, according to the latest labour force statistics published by the Census and Statistics Department.

Compared to the previous three-month period,...

India – Blue-collar job openings see highest demand in 18 months (The Economic Times)

More than 1.26 million new jobs or fresh vacancies for blue and grey collar manpower in India were posted on Qjobs, part of Quess Corp, across industry sectors in May - double the number of jobs recorded in April, reports The Economic Times. This is an all-time high on the platform since its start in...