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Japan – Number of Temporary Agency Workers up 7.2% in September

24 November 2022

Japan’s non-regular employees, which includes temporary workers, dispatch workers, contractors, part-time workers and others, totalled 21.33 million in September 2022, up 3.6% when compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from Statistics Japan.

The number of ‘dispatched workers from...


India - Monster reinvents Itself as foundit in APAC & Middle East

24 November 2022

Monster yesterday announced that it has transformed to a “full-fledged talent management platform” and, with immediate effect will be known as 'foundit'.

In 2018, Quess Corp acquired Monster Worldwide's APAC & ME businesses as a strategic investment to strengthen its HR services portfolio, and...


Australia - Reserve Bank governor calls on government to maintain flexible hiring and firing

24 November 2022

Reserve Bank governor Phillip Lowe has urged Australia's labour government to preserve the ability of employers to hire and fire workers flexibly. His comments come at a time when the Australian government is attempting to implement widespread workplace reforms.

In a speech at the Annual Dinner for the...


Japan – Man may have taken thousands of online recruitment exams for others (Kyodo News)

23 November 2022

Tokyo police arrested a man for allegedly taking an online recruitment test at a credit card company on behalf of someone else, and police believe he may have taken thousands of such exams for other people, the Kyodo News reported. The arrest highlighted a growing issue of cheating in online recruitment...


India – IT firms replace some mid and senior-level execs with new hires (The Economic Times)

23 November 2022

IT companies are replacing some mid- and senior-level tech workers with new hires, Ramani Dathi, CFO of India-based staffing firm Teamlease Services, told The Economic Times. “At the mid and senior level, either they are replacing with lower cost hires from the market or trying to bring in freshers...


Australia – Number of job ads continues showing signs of moderation: Seek report

23 November 2022

The number of Australian job ads fell by 3.7% in October when compared to September as the number of ads continues to show moderation, according to data released Tuesday by Seek.

“The market continues to show some slight moderation, with job ad declines in our largest states of New South Wales and Victoria...


Asia Pacific – Companies forecast average salary increase of 4.8% in 2023, but increase nominal due to inflation

23 November 2022

Companies in the Asia Pacific region are forecasting, on average, a 4.8% increase in overall salaries in 2023, according to research by Mercer. That’s a slight increase from 4.6% this year. However, real salary increases will be nominal in most countries because of ongoing inflation.

India has the highest...


Australia – Deel completes PayGroup acquisition

22 November 2022

Deel Inc., a US-based private global payroll and compliance firm, completed its AUD 121 million (USD 80.2 million) acquisition of Australia-based payroll and HCM (human capital management) company PayGroup Limited.

PayGroup is now part of Deel and has been delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange....


World – OECD unemployment rate remains stable in September

22 November 2022

The unemployment rate in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) was stable in September 2022 at 4.9% when compared to August 2022 (also 4.9%).

This rate was 0.4% below its pre-pandemic level (February 2020).

The OECD unemployment rate was broadly stable in September for both...


India – Nearly half of organisations pushing for a full office return (The Times of India)

22 November 2022

More organisations are pushing employees to attend the office (46%) as compared to those offering hybrid (32%) or work from home (16%) options, reports The Times of India citing research from Randstad India. Among these organisations, manufacturing companies are entirely mandating a return to office,...