Singapore – Online recruitment jumps 18% in March: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in Singapore grew by 18% in March 2021 when compared to March 2020, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

The Monster Employment Index (MEI) stood at 132 in March 2021 as compared to 112 in March 2020.

On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded growth of 8%.

Online hiring...

Australia – Seek job ads hit all time high in March

New job ads posted on the job board Seek Australia posted its highest number of job ads in a month in the job board’s history. Seek job ads were up 75.1% year-on-year in March 2021 compared to March 2020, when the fallout of Covid-19 first impacted the labour market.

At the same time, new job ads on...

Hong Kong – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumps to 6.8% in March quarter

Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 6.8% in the three-month period ended March 2021, when compared to 4.2% during the same period last year, according to the latest labour force statistics published by the Census and Statistics Department.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment...

Australia – Employers could require some workers to be vaccinated after commission ruling (The Guardian)

Australian employers’ power to direct employees to be vaccinated has received a boost in the Fair Work Commission, which has upheld the firing of a childcare worker who refused a flu vaccine, reports The Guardian. Bou-Jamie Barber, a childcare worker at Goodstart Early Learning since 2006, brought...

Australia – LiveHire reports strong quarterly growth in direct sourcing in Q3 update

LiveHire (LVH:ASX), an Australia-based talent technology company and provider of a direct-sourcing platform, provided a quarterly update for the third quarter ended 31 March 2021.

Cash receipts were a record AUD 1.5 million (USD 1.1 million) for the quarter, up 3.2% over the previous quarter. The group...

World – Contractors in high demand across India and South Africa as pandemic shifts focus from Europe

Contract opportunities in India and South Africa are booming as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to shift the focus away from Europe, according to a recent analysis of contractor placement trends from 6CATS International, a provider of contractor management solutions.

The research revealed that the...

Taiwan – Food delivery drivers to form labour union to negotiate for fair pay (Focus Taiwan)

Drivers working with Taiwan's major food delivery platforms pledged yesterday to form a labour union to demand fair pay, while calling for legislative action to be taken by labour affairs authorities, reports Focus Taiwan. The group held a press conference yesterday outside the Ministry of Labour building,...

Singapore – Most employees felt stressed by Covid-19 in the past half year (Today Online)

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on the mental health of workers in Singapore, with seven in ten employees reporting that they felt stressed on some level in the past six months, reports Today Online, citing a survey from human resource software company Employment Hero. However, despite...

Australia – Queensland minister cites success of labour-hire scheme after three years, calls for nationwide regulation

Queensland Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said Australia must take action nationally to protect workers and referred to the success of Queensland’s own labour-hire licencing scheme in stamping out bad actors. The scheme is now in its third year.

So far, the scheme has taken action against...

Japan – UT Group makes acquisition to bolster engineering staffing

UT Group Co. Ltd. (2146:TYO), the ninth-largest staffing firm in Japan, announced last week that it acquired 20% of the outstanding shares of J-CEP Co. Ltd. in a move to bolster its engineering staffing business. UT Group noted demand for engineers in Japan’s manufacturing sector has increased and...