India – Businesses may hire 35% more temp workers this festive season (The Economic Times)

Companies in the e-commerce, food-tech, logistics and retail sectors in India are likely to increase hiring of temporary workers for the upcoming festival season by 20%-35%, reports The Economic Times, citing research from staffing firms. The expected rise in hiring temp workers is to meet an expected...

New Zealand – Frog Recruitment acquires Capital Recruitment

New Zealand-based recruitment firm Frog Recruitment announced that it has acquired Capital Recruitment.

Capital Recruitment, established in 2005 in Wellington, New Zealand, operates across a wide variety of sectors and is a public sector specialist.

Shannon Barlow, Frog Recruitment Managing Director New...

Australia – AD1 Holdings cash receipts show improvement in June quarter

Australia-based AD1 Holdings (AD1:AU), previously known as ApplyDirect announced a business update for the June 2021 quarter. The company is a provider of customer branded recruitment marketing platforms and related digital services.

Cash receipts for FY 2021 were AUD 5.06 million, an increase of 39%...

Japan – Temporary agency workers down 2.1% in June, unemployment rate at 2.9%

The number of non-regular employees in Japan, which includes temporary workers, dispatch workers, contractors, part-time workers and others, stood at 20.75 million in June 2021, up 1.5% over the year according to data from Statistics Japan.

The number of ‘dispatched workers from temporary labour agencies’...

Australia – Uber drivers launch test case in Federal Court (Sydney Morning Herald)

A group of Uber drivers from Sydney and Melbourne have launched legal action in Australia’s Federal Court to determine whether they and thousands of other gig economy drivers are entitled to minimum rates of pay and other protections as employees, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The four drivers,...

India – Ciel HR to raise nearly $7 million in funding round, plans to go public in 3 years (Hindu Business Line)

Ciel HR, an India-based staffing firm, plans to raise INR 500-700 million in private equity funds, reports the Hindu Business Line. The company plans to go public in three years, said its Chairman K Pandia Rajan. Ciel has placed more than 55,000 candidates in around 2,200 companies since it started...

Japan – Outsourcing H1 revenue up 53% as profits jump

Outsourcing Inc. (2427:TYO), a Tokyo-based global provider of staffing and outsourcing services, reported revenue increased by 53.3% in the first half of its fiscal year to 30 June 2021 supported by acquisitions.

Japan – Quick Co Q1 revenue and profits show improvement

Quick Co. Ltd (4318: JP), a Japanese staffing firm, reported revenue for the first quarter ended 30 June 2021 of JPY 7.05 billion (USD 64.3 million), an increase of 14.2% compared to the previous year.

Japan – JTec first-quarter revenue rises 3% but losses widen

Japanese staffing company JTec Corp. (2479: JP) reported revenue for the first quarter ended 30 June 2021 of JPY 701 million (USD 6.3 million), an increase of 3.0% compared with last year.

Australia – GO2 People publishes upbeat trading update

GO2 People, a provider of vertically integrated recruitment and building services throughout Australia and New Zealand, published an update for the fourth quarter.

The company recorded positive cash from operations for the full year 2021, assisted by the reduced cash burn of the GO2 operation. The company...