World – Nominations are open for the 2022 Contingent Workforce Game Changers list

Contingent workforce program managers continue to tackle the challenges of operating amid a global pandemic. SIA is accepting nominations to recognize these individuals on our fifth-annual CW Program Game Changers list.

The list honours professionals working in contingent workforce management roles around...

India – TeamLease plans revenue CAGR of between 20% and 25% through 2030, seeks to be largest staffing provider (India Infoline)

TeamLease, an India-based staffing firm, plans a compound annual growth rate for revenue of between 20% and 25% through 2030, according to a report in India Infoline. “We will be extending our product/service portfolio with adjacencies in specialized verticals of staffing and digital workforce solutions,...

Australia – Guidelines call for four-drink maximum for miners on site

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia and its member companies aim to limit alcohol consumption at on-site accommodation facilities for mine workers. The chamber released the guidelines this week.

“Events over the past 18 months, including the ongoing Parliamentary Inquiry into sexual...

Australia – Skill Hire founder steps down from Go2 People’s board

Go2 People Ltd. (GO2:ASX), a Perth, Australia-based provider of recruitment and training services, announced Monday that Tony Fitzpatrick has resigned as nonexecutive director effective immediately.

Fitzpatrick was one of the three founders of Skill Hire in 1996. Go2 People had acquired that company in...

Australia – Job mobility at highest level since 2012

Job mobility in Australia during the 12 months ended February of this year was at its highest level since February 2012, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday. It found 9.5% of employed people changed their employer or business during that time period.

Australia’s job mobility rate had...

Australia – Airtasker completes acquisition of Oneflare

Australia-based B2C talent platform Airtasker announced that its acquisition of Oneflare Pty Limited will proceed on 25 May 2022.

This follows a short delay while Airtasker addressed some queries from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) regarding the acquisition. The ACCC has confirmed...

Taiwan – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves in April

Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 3.68% in April 2022 from 3.71% in April 2021, according to data from the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics.

When compared to the previous month, the unemployment rate declined by 0.02%.

The number of unemployed persons was...

Australia – Public sector contracts set to be scrutinised under new Labour government (The Mandarin Australia)

Consulting and labour-hire firms in Australia are on notice that going forward, there will be fewer contracts and less taxpayers’ money for them, following Saturday’s election of a Labour government led by Anthony Albanese, reports The Mandarin Australia. An economic plan released by Labour during...

Thailand – Unemployment rate falls to pre-pandemic levels in Q1 (The Bangkok Post)

Thailand's unemployment rate dropped in the first quarter to its lowest level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, boosted by higher employment both in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, as the economy gradually recovers, reports The Bangkok Post, citing research from the National Economic...

World – Labour market recovery threatened by multiple global crises and inequalities: ILO

Multiple global crises are causing a marked deterioration in the global labour market recovery, with increasing inequalities within and between countries, according to a new report from the International Labour Organisation.

The report, ILO Monitor on the World of Work, found that after significant gains...