India – Info Edge Q4 revenue slips 10.1%

Info Edge India Ltd (NAUKRI:NSI), the Indian job board, today reported standalone revenue  from operations for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021 of INR 2.90 billion (USD 39.1 million), down 10.1% compared to the same period last year.

New Zealand – Half of employers plan to increase permanent staff in the next year

More than half, or 52%, of employers in New Zealand intend to increase permanent staff levels in the next 12 months, according to Hays New Zealand.

Research from Hays found that 16% of the approximately 600 employers surveyed also intend to increase their use of temporary or contract staff.

According to...

Japan – Recruit Holdings aims to offer single click approach to changing jobs (The Japan News)

Japanese staffing giant Recruit Holdings Co. President Hisayuki Idekoba said his firm aims to offer job seekers a "single click" approach to changing jobs by accelerating investment in information technology and via mergers and acquisitions in the human resources business, reports The Japan...

South Korea – Nearly half of firms plan to hire interns in H2 (Yonhap News Agency)

More than 4 out of 10 companies in South Korea plan to employ interns during the second half of the year, mainly for the purpose of covering talent shortages, reports Yonhap News Agency, citing a survey of 416 companies, taken by recruiting platform Saramin. Nearly half, or 44% of the respondents said...

Australia – Workplace watchdog launches underpayment legal action against Woolworths

Australia’s workplace watchdog the Fair Work Ombudsman announced it launched legal action in the Federal Court against supermarket group Woolworths Group Limited and Woolworths (South Australia) in relation to major underpayments of salaried managers.

Australia’s largest supermarket operator told...

Hong Kong – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate falls slightly in May quarter

Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 6.0% in the three-month period ended May 2021, when compared to 5.9% in May 2020 during the early period of the pandemic, according to the latest labour force statistics published by the Census and Statistics Department.

The seasonally adjusted...

India – Pandemic pushes businesses to hire more temp staff (LiveMint)

Remote working in India is enabling companies to keep their temporary and permanent hiring ratio between 30:70 and 35:65, against the pre-Covid ratio of 20:80, reports LiveMint citing research from staffing firms.  According to the firms, companies are now comfortable working with a wider talent...

Japan – Government supports four-day work weeks (Kyodo News)

Japan's government plans to encourage firms to let their employees choose to work four days a week instead of five to improve work and life balance for those with family care responsibilities or for those who need more time off to acquire new skills, reports Kyodo News. The government included the promotion...

Singapore – Labour market continues recovery but still not back to pre-pandemic levels

Singapore’ labour market indicators for Q1 2021 point to the continued recovery of the labour market from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, however the labour market is still not fully back to pre-Covid-19 conditions, according to data from the Ministry of Manpower.

Total employment grew for the...

Australia – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate down 1.9% in May

Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.1% in May 2021, down 1.9% when compared to May 2020, according to data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics.

The unemployment rate stood at 5.5% in April 2021.

Australia’s JobKeeper Payment programme, its Covid-19 stimulus jobs package,...