Asia Pacific – Malaysia looks to ease migrant worker shortage as borders reopen (The Straits Times)

Malaysia is looking to ease a pandemic-driven labour crunch that has choked its key plantation and manufacturing industries by hastening the hiring of migrant workers, reports The Straits Times. The country is expected to hire nearly 180,000 workers over the next six weeks, according to Human Resources...

Australia – Labour Party leader’s claims of ‘massive rise in insecure work’ refuted by official data

Australia’s s Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Australian Labor Party has come under criticism after he claimed that the country’s casual workers are growing as a share of Australia’s workforce.

The Australian Financial Review (paywall) said that Labour leader Anthony Albanese’s claims...

Singapore – Randstad says it is aware of job scammers impersonating its employees on Telegram and Whatsapp

Randstad announced that it is aware of recent incidents involving individuals and/or organisations that are impersonating Randstad employees on messenger services Telegram and Whatsapp.

According to Randstad, scammers are actively targeting members of the public in Singapore by impersonating Randstad...

South Korea – Number of temporary workers up 3.7% in March, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves

South Korea’s temporary workers saw an increase of 3.7% year over year to 4.65 million in March 2022, according to data released by Statistics Korea.

When compared to the previous month, the number of temporary workers grew by 2.7%.

Statistics Korea data also showed that the unemployment rate stood at...

India – Women are quitting jobs due to lack of flexibility (Telegraph India)

Women in India are quitting or considering quitting their jobs this year as pay cuts, bias, and exclusion have become their penalties for working flexibly, reports The Telegraph India, citing research from Linkedin India. The research finds that poor employer sentiment towards flexible working and career...

India – Tata Consultancy Services Q4 revenue and profits climb

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the IT services firm, yesterday reported revenue improved 11.8% on a reported basis while revenue rose by 14.3% on a constant currency basis in its fiscal fourth quarter ended 31 March 2022. Net income was up 3.7%.

Japan – Creek & River full year revenue boosted by growth in all segments

Japanese staffing firm Creek & River (4763: JP) reported revenue last week for the full year ended 28 February 2022 of JPY 41.79 billion (USD 332.8 million), an increase of 12.0% compared to the same period last year.

India – Info Edge invests in Terralytics Analysis

Indian job board Info Edge announced it has invested in Terralytics Analysis.

Terralytics, based in India and founded in 2018, is engaged in the business of developing intelligence and analytics in the real estate vertical for sale to banks, developers, consulting firms, etc. for diligence, information...

Australia – AD1 Holdings provides bullish update for Art of Mentoring business

Job search site AD1 Holdings (AD1:AU) provided a business update announcing that its subsidiary Art of Mentoring (AoM) continues to exceed expectations in a key area of its strategy and commitment to the market, reporting sustained revenue growth, and at pace.

The group acquired AoM, a software-as-a-service...

Australia – Contract Watch: LiveHire signs SaaS contract with Serco Australia to run its recruitment services

LiveHire (LVH:ASX), an Australia-based direct sourcing platform, has signed a SaaS (software as a service) contract with Serco Australia to run its recruitment services in Australia effective 31 March 2022.

Serco Australia is a subsidiary of the UK listed Serco group, which is a provider of public services...