Hong Kong – Football club warns staff they will waive promotions and bonuses for refusing vaccination (RTHK News)

The Hong Kong Football Club has told its employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, warning that a failure to get jabbed without a medical exemption will see them miss out on pay rises, bonuses and even promotions, reports RTHK News. An internal memo to staff from the club’s general manager Mark...

India – Majority of firms implemented special employee safety policies during second Covid wave

Most of India’s formal sector businesses (62%) devised special policies for workforce wellbeing amid the country’s second Covid-19 wave, according to a survey from TimesJobs.

Among the special policies undertaken include: HR managers providing monetary packages to Covid-19 impacted employees (26%),...

Australia – Contract watch: LiveHire and AMS jointly awarded Managed Direct Sourcing contract

LiveHire (LVH:ASX), an Australia-based talent technology company and provider of a direct-sourcing platform, announced that it has been awarded a Managed Direct Sourcing contract with newly announced partner Alexander Mann Solutions.

The end client of the Managed Direct Sourcing contract with AMS is a...

Taiwan – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate falls in April

Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 3.71% in April 2021 from 4.10% in April 2020, according to data from the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics.

When compared to the previous month, the unemployment rate declined by 0.01%.

Total employment increased by 57,000...

Philippines – Government suspends non-compliant Saudi recruitment firms (The Philippine Star)

Nearly 100 recruitment agencies, companies and employers in Saudi Arabia have been barred from hiring Filipino workers, reports The Philippine Star. Labour attaché Fidel Macauyag reported that the 39 recruitment agencies, 18 companies and 40 employers were suspended as part of the Philippine government’s...

Japan – Technopro Holdings appoints CEO, announces further leadership changes

Japanese staffing firm Technopro Holdings announced it is promoting Noriyuki Takeshi Yagi to the role of President and CEO.

Yagi was previously Director (Personnel and General Affairs and Deputy Corporate Social Responsibility) and Managing Executive Officer. The appointment is effective from 1 July 2021....

Japan – Temporary agency work up 5.3% in April

The number of non-regular employees in Japan, which includes temporary workers, dispatch workers, contractors, part-time workers and others, stood at 20.39 million in April 2021, up 1.0% over the year according to data from Statistics Japan.

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

Philippines – Online recruitment down 1% in April: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in the Philippines decreased by 1% in April 2021 when compared to April 2020, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

The Monster Employment Index (MEI) decreased to 118 in April 2021 from 119 in April 2020. On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded a decline of 6%....

India – Covid-19 toll on economy deepens as jobs crisis expected to worsen (Reuters)

India’s economic outlook has weakened slightly, with worst-case scenario forecasts suggesting the toll from the coronavirus pandemic could be much deeper, stoking fears the job crisis may worsen over the coming year, a poll from Reuters found. Underscoring concerns that a slow vaccine rollout may make...

New Zealand – Accordant full year revenue down 22% but net profit up

Accordant (AGC:NZC), the New Zealand-based temporary staffing provider previously known as AWF Madison, published its annual report today for the year ended 31 March 2021. The group reported revenue of NZD 205.5 million (USD 149.9 million), down 22% compared to the same period last year.

Accordant...