Australia – New South Wales Labour vows to protect gig economy workers if elected (ABC News)

Australia’s New South Wales Labour party has promised to better protect workers in the gig economy and boost their workplace entitlements, if it wins the March election, reports ABC News Australia. The party has announced overhauling industrial relations legislation to "modernise" the law...

Australia – Caring economy to face shortage of over 200,000 workers by 2050, study finds (The Guardian)

Australia faces a shortfall of more than 200,000 full-time care workers by 2050 as demand doubles within a generation, with a predicted gap in the workforce emerging earlier than expected as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports The Guardian.  This article refers to a study overseen by...

India – Quess Corp sells entire stake in Simpliance Technologies

Quess Corp, an Indian staffing firm, announced yesterday that it has entered into definitive agreements to divest its stake in the digital risk and compliance services company Simpliance Technologies Private Limited to Aparajitha Corporate Services, an HR compliance services company and its affiliates....

Australia – Online job ads surge 42% as New South Wales leads the way

Online job ads in Australia have risen by 42.0%, or 91,600, in August 2022 when compared to August 2021 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest Internet Vacancy Index, a monthly count of online job advertisements compiled by the National Skills Commission.

The seasonally adjusted data...

Singapore – Overall unemployment rate improved to 1.9% in August

Singapore's overall unemployment rate fell by 0.2% to 1.9% in August 2022 when compared to July 2022, according to data from the Ministry of Manpower.

When broken down, the resident unemployment fell monthly by 0.2% to 2.7%%, and the citizen unemployment rate also fell by 0.2% to 2.8%. The Ministry's...

Australia – Job ads jump 22.3% in September

Job advertisements in Australia increased by 22.3% in September 2022 on a seasonally adjusted basis when compared to the same period in September 2021, according to data from ANZ Bank.

When compared to the previous month, job ads fell 0.5% in September. ANZ Bank noted that the figure is only 0.8% below...

Singapore – Half of remote and hybrid workers would consider leaving their jobs if forced to return to office full-time

Nearly half, or 46%, of remote and hybrid workers in Singapore would consider leaving their jobs if employers forced them to return to the office full-time, according to research from HR services platform Employment Hero.

The research showed that 81% of Singaporean workers are keen to take on a permanent...

Asia Pacific – Most business leaders will be looking for new career prospects in the next few months, study finds

Most, or 75%, of C-suite senior leaders in Asia Pacific will be looking for new career prospects over the next few months, according to the Page Executive Asia Pacific Talent Trends 2022 Report from Michael Page.

The report pointed out that the ‘Great Resignation’ has already been happening among...

Philippines – Unemployment rate improves to 5.3% in August as employment trends upwards

The unemployment rate in the Philippines in August 2022 stood at 5.3%, down from 8.1% in August 2021 and up slightly from 5.2% in July 2022, according to research from the Philippine Statistics Authority.

The number of unemployed persons in August 2022 increased to 2.68 million from 2.60 million in July...

India – Quess Corp appoints new CFO

Indian staffing firm Quess Corp announced that the company’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee has approved the appointment of Kamal Pal Hoda as Group CFO (Designate) with immediate effect.

Current Group CFO, N Ravi Vishwanath will retire in 2023 and as part of the succession plan, Pal Hoda will...