Japan – Hirayama Holdings H1 revenue rises 17.6% as profits increase

Japan-based Hirayama Holdings (7781:JP), a company mainly engaged in outsourcing and technology staffing, reported revenue yesterday for the six months ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 15.77 billion (USD 118.5 million), an increase of 17.6% compared to the previous year.

Japan – JAC Recruitment full year revenue up 22.5% while profits rise

Japanese staffing firm JAC Recruitment (2124: TYO) reported revenue yesterday for the full year ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 30.43 billion (USD 230.4 million), an increase of 22.5% compared to the previous year.

Japan – Mirai Works Q1 revenue up 45%

Japan-based HR services firm Mirai Works (6563: TYO) yesterday reported revenue of JPY 1.96 billion (USD 14.8 million) for the first quarter ended 31 December 2022. The company did not post prior year results for comparison, however last year’s results can be found here. Comparing Q1 2023 to Q1 2022...

Australia – University of Melbourne facing court for alleged six-figure underpayments to casual staff

The University of Melbourne is facing hefty fines for allegedly failing to properly pay its casual staff in the Faculty of Arts and making false or misleading records.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the university to Federal Court alleging that between February 2017 and December 2019, the university...

Malaysia – Unemployment rate in Malaysia falls to 3.6% in December

The unemployment rate in Malaysia fell to 3.6% in December 2022, down by 0.6% from the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

In November 2022, the unemployment rate was also at 3.6%.

The number of unemployed persons continued to fall in December 2022 registering...

Japan – Recruit Holdings third quarter revenue up with growth led by HR Technology

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., the fifth-largest global staffing firm, reported revenue rose 18.0% in its fiscal third quarter ended 31 December 2022. Revenue was up 6.5% excluding the exchange rate impact. The Tokyo-based firm reported revenue increased in all segments, HR Technology, Matching & Solutions...

Japan – BeNext-Yumeshin changes name to Open Up Group, H1 revenue rises 7.9%

Japanese technical staffing firm BeNext-Yumeshin (2154: JP) announced that it has changed its trade name to Open Up Group.

It comes after the announcement of a business transfer between subsidiaries of its company through an absorption-type company split. The group’s system development business BeNext...

Japan – Fullcast Holdings full year revenue up 23.4% as profits increase

Japan-based staffing firm Fullcast Holdings (4848: JP) reported revenue on Friday of JPY 64.64 billion (USD 490.9 million) for the full year ending 31 December 2022, a 23.4% increase compared to last year.

Japan – WDB Holdings revenue up 1.2% but profits slip

WDB Holdings Co. Ltd (2475:TYO), a Japanese holding company that includes staffing firms, reported revenue on Friday rose 1.2% in the nine months ended 31 December 2022 to JPY 35.73 billion (USD 271.3 million).

Japan – Quick Co revenue rises 19.8% as profits increase

Quick Co. Ltd (4318: JP), a Japanese staffing firm, reported revenue on Friday for the nine months ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 21.05 billion (USD 159.8 million), an increase of 19.8% compared to the previous year.