Asia Pacific – Green growth could generate up to 30 million jobs in Southeast Asia (Business Mirror)

Green growth could generate around 30 million new jobs in Southeast Asia, which would be crucial in the region’s recovery, reports Business Mirror, citing data from the Asian Development Bank. ADB said shoring up government revenues is essential to create green growth opportunities that could pave...

China – Zhaopin, 51job and Liepin set up investigations after TV show reveals leaked user data

Chinese job boards Zhaopin, 51job and Liepin have set up investigation teams and boosted oversight after a television show revealed that all three job boards had leaked user data, according to Yicai Global.

CCTV’s 315 Show, revealed the information during the state broadcaster’s annual name-and-shame...

Singapore – Online recruitment surges 12% in February, Monster finds

Online recruitment in Singapore grew by 12% in February 2021 when compared to February 2020, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded an increase of 3%. In the last six months, Monster recorded an increase of 17%, highlighting progress in hiring...

Singapore – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rises in December and full year 2020

Singapore’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.3% in December 2020, up from 2.3% in December 2019, according to data from the Ministry of Manpower.

For the full year 2020, the unemployment rate stood at 3.0%, up from 2.3% in 2019.

The Ministry said Singapore’s labour market showed signs...

Hong Kong – Man convicted of operating unlicensed employment agency

Hong Kong’s Labour Department announced that it convicted a man of operating an employment agency without a valid licence.

The man was fined HKD 11,250 (USD 1,448) at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts yesterday.

On November 2019, the Employment Agencies Administration of the Labour Department had received...

World – Half of workforce report missing out on career opportunities due to bias

Half of the global workforce, or 50%, say they have faced discrimination at work which led to them missing out on career advancement or training, according to a survey from PwC.

The survey of 32,500 workers in 19 countries found that 13% report missing out on opportunities as a result of ethnicity and...

India – Freelance jobs on the rise amid pandemic (Hindu Business Line)

India’s freelance job market showed a 22% jump in hiring between January 2019 and 2021, reports Hindu Business Line, citing data from Indeed India. Indeed’s data also showed that postings for freelance jobs spiked between May and June 2020, a nearly two-fold increase from the same period in 2019....

China – Economic Activity soars but jobless rate hits ceiling set by government (The Wall Street Journal)

Chinese economic activity surged in the first two months of 2021 when compared with the same coronavirus-battered period last year, though the picture was less rosy when weighed against growth momentum in the final months of 2020, reports The Wall Street Journal. China’s National Bureau of Statistics...

New Zealand – Nearly half of workers say they are working more hours than before pandemic (Stuff.co.nz)

Nearly half, or 46.3% per cent of workers in New Zealand said they were working more hours than they did prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and of those, two-thirds said they were not being paid for those extra hours, reports Stuff.co.nz, citing a survey from Frog Recruitment. The survey states that workers...

Japan – Artner reports small full year revenue and profits increase

Japanese recruitment firm Artner Co Ltd (2163: JP) reported full year revenue today of JPY 7.17 billion (USD 65.7 million), an increase of 2.5% compared to last year.