Australia – Labour party seeks ‘same job, same pay’ laws for casual workers (7News)

Casual worker entitlements will be a key focus for Australia’s Labour Party for next year's election campaign, reports 7News, citing a statement from Leader of the Labour Party and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. On Monday, the Labour leader used the first day of the final two sitting weeks of...

China – Online recruitment services drives revenue growth at Kanzhun

Chinese recruitment platform Kanzhun Limited, whose core product is job board Boss Zhipin, reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2021.

Revenue for the quarter stood at RMB 1.21 billion (USD 189.6 million), an increase of 105.4% from RMB 590.1 million (USD 92.3...

Thailand – Unemployment rate rises to 2.25%, a 16-year high

The unemployment rate in Thailand stood at 2.25% in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 0.35% compared to 1.90% in the same period last year, according to data from the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council.

The number of unemployed persons stood at 871,000, up from 738,000...

Philippines – Work options for unvaccinated workers up to employers, government says (Philippine News Agency)

Employees in the Philippines who are still unvaccinated against Covid-19 have options to be able to work and get paid, reports the Philippine News Agency, citing an official from the Department of Labour and Employment. In a virtual forum, Labour Assistant Secretary Ma. Teresita Cucueco said this is...

South Korea – Large firms cut workforce by 1% in last two years amid pandemic (The Korea Bizwire)

Large South Korean companies have cut their combined workforce by more than 1% over the past two years amid the Covid-19 pandemic, reports The Korea Bizwire, citing data from the Leaders Index. The number of workers hired by 313 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales came to 1.24 million as of...

World – PageUp acquires Pathmotion

Australia-based HR Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider PageUp announced that it acquired Pathmotion, an SaaS graduate recruitment engagement talent platform.

Financial details were not disclosed.

Pathmotion allows organisations to create highly relevant employee-generated content to attract and engage...

China – Renrui provides business update, number of flexible staffing employees on the rise

Renrui Human Resources Technology (6919: HKG), a mainland China-based flexible staffing service provided a voluntary business update.

The group said it will continue to strengthen its position in the comprehensive flexible staffing industry in China by ‘providing quality services to its clients’.

The...

Singapore – Salary increases set to rebound to pre-pandemic levels in 2022

Salary increases in Singapore are rebounding to pre-pandemic levels, with increments expected to average 3.5% in 2022, compared to 3.3% in 2021 and 3.6% in 2019, according to Mercer’s 2021 Total Remuneration Survey.

The survey also saw projected overall wage increases across all 18 industries surveyed....

China – Majority of workers aged 18-35 plan to take up side jobs (China Daily)

The majority(85.5%) of workers in China aged 18-35 intend to take up side jobs while 12% say they already have a side job in addition to full time work, reports China Daily, citing a survey from China Youth Daily. Nearly 82% of the respondents found that more young people are taking up side jobs,...

Australia – Chandler Macleod Group rebrands to RGF Staffing APEJ

Chandler Macleod Group, an Australian-based HR services provider and part of Recruit Holdings, announced that it has changed its name to RGF Staffing APEJ (Asia Pacific Excluding Japan).

Chandler Macleod Group is the holding company of several renowned brands including Chandler Macleod, Peoplebank, Vivir...