Japan – PA Co full year revenue slips 1.2%

Japanese temporary staffing firm PA Co (4766: JP) reported revenue on Friday for the full year ended 31 December 2021 of JPY 1.58 billion (USD 13.7 million), a decrease of 1.2% compared to the same period last year.

India – Great Learning acquires university recruitment platform Superset

India-based Great Learning, a provider of online professional and higher education, has acquired Superset, a university recruitment platform based in India.

The price of the transaction was not disclosed.

“Great Learning's skill-based professional learning offerings and Superset's cutting-edge solutions...

Australia – Businesses turn to international talent to fill skills gaps: Robert Half

More than 70% of Australian business leaders plan to hire international talent on a permanent basis in 2022 to sustain their talent pipeline, according to research from Robert Half Australia.

At the same time, 61% plan to hire international talent on a contract basis. The increase in hiring plans for...

Australia – Freelancer revenue slips 2.3% in 2021

Freelancer (FLN:ASX) reported net revenue fell by 2.3% for the full year 2021 to AUD 57.4 million (USD 41.5 million).

Revenue was down 8.8% at its Freelancer.com talent platform; however, it was up 37.3% on its Escrow.com payments platform, for an all-time record of AUD 11.3 million (USD 8.1 million)....

Australia – Owner-driver couriers, including Amazon flex drivers, in New South Wales win minimum hourly pay rate

Owner-drivers of smaller vehicles in New South Wales, Australia have been awarded an enforceable minimum rate of pay. This includes Amazon Flex drivers, in what the Transport Workers’ Union says is the world’s first enforceable rates and protections for the drivers.

The New South Wales Industrial...

Hong Kong – Seasonally adjusted jobless rate improves to 3.9% in January quarter

Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in the period from November to January 2022, down from 7.0% during the same period the year prior, according to the latest labour force statistics by the Census and Statistics Department. When compared to the previous period from October...

India – Formal sector all set to welcome staff back to offices (The Economic Times)

India Inc, India’s formal jobs sector, is set to return to the office as several Indian companies will be getting their employees to the office full time as the third wave looks to be receding across the country, reports The Economic Times. The dip in overall Covid infection rates, full vaccination...

Japan – Outsourcing full year revenue jumps 56% with growth boosted by all segments

Japan-based staffing firm Outsourcing Inc. (2427: JP), the tenth-largest global staffing firm, reported revenue today for the full year ending 31 December 2021 of JPY 569.3 billion (USD 4.95 billion), an increase of 55.9% when compared to the previous year.

Last year Outsourcing had postponed the...

Hong Kong – Government plans to introduce subsidy programme to help employment agencies recover from pandemic

The Hong Kong government announced that a new subsidy scheme for employment agencies will be introduced under the sixth round of the ‘Anti-epidemic Fund’ to assist agencies to tide over the difficulties arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

A labour department spokesman said, “Due to the persistence...

Malaysia – Labour market marches toward recovery in Q4 as unemployment improves and employment trends upward

Malaysia's labour market regained momentum towards recovery in the fourth quarter of 2021 stimulated by revival of more economic and social activities. The unemployment rate in Q4 stood at 4.3%, down from 4.8% in Q4 2020 and down from 4.7% in Q3 2021, according to data from Statistics Malaysia.

The 4.3%...