Japan – Persol signs memorandum of understanding with Indonesia-based Gapura and Kebun to solve airline manpower shortage

Persol Global Workforce Co., Ltd., which provides human resources services specialising in foreign human resources in the Persol Group, announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesian airport service provider Gapura Angkasa and Kebun, a professional job training institute....

India – Staffing, IT software industries show highest demand for fresh graduates (The Business Standard)

The staffing industry has the highest demand for fresh graduates in India, reports The Business Standard citing data from foundit. On November 2022, Monster India announced that it reinvented itself as foundit. The data from foundit suggests that as of May, the staffing industry accounts for 22% of the...

India – IT companies may recruit 40% fewer fresh graduates in FY 2024 (LiveMint)

India’s IT companies will slash campus hiring by at least 40% on the back of ‘robust bench strength’, reduced client orders and poor visibility of when the recessionary phase will pass, reports LiveMint, citing an analysis by Teamlease Digital. Bench strength refers to an organisation's ability...

India – Salary growth slows to 9% in 2022-23: Teamlease

India’s job market experienced slower salary growth in 2022-23, as overall pay increments decreased to 9% from 10% in the previous financial year mainly due to sectors including agriculture and agrochemicals, automobile and allied, BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) among others, according...

India – Flexi staffing industry records 14% growth in new jobs in FY 2022-23 (The Business Standard)

India’s flexi staffing industry recorded 14% growth in new jobs in the country in 2022-23, reports The Business Standard, citing research from the Indian Flexi Staffing Federation. Members of the industry body collectively added 177,000 new flexi jobs in FY23, driven by the surge in employment particularly...

World – US recruitment company fined for posting discriminatory job advertisements, seeking applications only from India (The Economic Times)

A US-based IT recruitment company has been hit with a fine of USD 25,500 for allegedly posting discriminatory job advertisements and seeking job applications only from India, reports The Economic Times. The US Justice Department said it has secured a settlement agreement with Infosoft Solutions Inc,...

Australia – Casual worker pay gap reaches highest level on record, study finds

Casual workers in Australia are falling further behind their permanently employed counterparts, new research by the ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) shows.

Across the board, casual employees earn AUD 11.59 (USD 7.71) less per hour than their permanent counterparts: AUD 28.95 (USD 19.26) per hour...

Japan – Average hourly wage for temporary workers up 3.7% in April, part-time workers wages also rise

The average hourly wage for dispatched workers in April stood at JPY 1,559 (USD 11.23), up JPY 55 (USD 0.40) or 3.65%, from the previous year, and unchanged from the previous month, according to research by Dip Corp., a staffing firm and job board operator based in Tokyo.

The wage was a record high for...

Hong Kong – Better work-life balance tops list of reasons workers resign: Randstad

Nearly half, or 42% of workers in Hong Kong cite work-life balance as the top reason for resigning, according to survey-based research from Randstad Hong Kong.

Among the top five reasons that motivate a worker to resign include: improving work-life balance (42%), low compensation and rising cost of living...

Australia – Mining giant BHP claims proposed labour-hire policy would cost company nearly USD 1 billion a year (Sydney Morning Herald)

Australia mining giant BHP says the Australian government’s proposed ‘same job, same pay’ policy would cost the organisation up to AUD 1.3 billion a year and would threaten jobs if rushed through parliament, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The federal government is seeking feedback on the workplace...