Japan – Most big Japanese firms heed prime minister's call to raise wages this year (Reuters)

More than half of big Japanese companies are planning to raise wages this year, according to a Reuters monthly poll, meeting a key request from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to help workers cope with surging consumer prices. Kishida’s administration has repeatedly urged companies to make maximum efforts...

India – Wipro revenue rises 14.4% in Q3

India-based IT services giant Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) last week reported revenue rose 14.4% year over year in its fiscal third quarter ended 31 December 2022. Revenue reached USD 2.8 billion during the period.

Chierry Delaporte, CEO and Managing Director, said, “I am pleased to report that we have delivered...

World – Employee concerns about wellbeing have gone up by 88% in the past year

More employees are expressing concerns about their wellbeing in the workplace than ever before, according to a study of 50,000 employees conducted by Rungway, a company that assists organisations with change activation.

The study, the ‘State of Inclusivity in the Workplace 2023’, showed that concerns...

New Zealand – Job postings slump 27% in December quarter with declines in permanent and temporary job ads

Job ads in New Zealand plummeted by 26.7% in the December quarter when compared to the same time last year, according to research from the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association.

The report showed that concerns over a recession, inflation, interest rate rises and the increased cost of living...

China – Employment in China generally stable in 2022, number of employed exceeds target

Employment in China was generally stable in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

The number of people employed in urban areas last year total 12.06 million, which exceeded the government’s goal of 11 million, data showed, even as the country faced downward pressure...

Australia – Job vacancies up 11.6% in November, but reports quarterly slip

The number of job vacancies in Australia stood at approximately 444,000 in November 2022, up 11.6% from November 2021, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

On a quarterly basis, vacancies recorded a decline of 4.9% or about 23,000 from August 2022.

Bjorn Jarvis,...

Australia – Contract Watch: AD1 Holdings signs new deal with US Department of Labour

Job search site AD1 Holdings (AD1:AU) announced that its Art of Mentoring (AoM) division has signed up with a US Federal Government Panel and signed a new contract with the US Department of Labour.

Under the US Federal Government panel, Art of Mentoring will be added to an approved list of suppliers and...

Asia Pacific – India to lead Asia Pacific in average 2023 pay hike (The Economic Times)

Employees in India are expected to get the highest average salary increments in the Asia Pacific region this year, reports The Economic Times, citing a report from Korn Ferry. India’s formal jobs sector is likely to see an average pay raise of 9.8% in 2023, compared with 9.4% last year. In Asia-Pacific,...

Asia Pacific – Pacific Islands fear ‘brain drain’ from Australia's seasonal job programmes (Al Jazeera)

As Pacific Island countries strive to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand’s seasonal job programmes are helping families regain incomes and pay for the needs of their communities, however, the schemes are also blamed for draining skills and labour from the small, isolated...

New Zealand – Job ads slide 10% in December with ICT and Engineering ads falling

Job ads on job board Seek New Zealand were down 10% in December 2022 when compared to December 2021, according to the job board’s seasonally adjusted data.

When compared to November 2022, job ads fell by 6%. Applications per job ad rose by 14% in December 2022.

Seek’s data also found that by region,...