Japan – Nearly half of employees wish to continue their Covid-19 adapted work style: Persol

More than half, or 63.1% of employees in Japan said their working styles have changed since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and among them, those who said that they would like to continue their current working styles is 48.9%, according to a survey from staffing firm Persol Holdings.

Persol’s survey...

Singapore – Employers who refuse to follow Ministry of Manpower advisory on Covid-19 will have work pass privileges suspended (Channel News Asia)

Employers who "wilfully" refuse to comply with a Ministry of Manpower advisory on leave arrangements for employees with Covid-19 will have their work pass privileges suspended, reports Channel News Asia, citing a statement from Manpower Minister Tan See Leng. According to the advisory, employees...

Philippines – Labour Secretary orders review into minimum wage amid surging oil prices (Inquirer)

Labour Secretary of the Philippines Silvestre Bello III has ordered the review of minimum wage across the country as oil prices continue to increase amid ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, reports Inquirer. All Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards have been directed to submit their...

Philippines – Online recruitment climbs 10% in January, finds Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in the Philippines recorded an uptick of 10% in January 2022 when compared to January 2021, according to data from the Monster Employment Index (MEI).

The Monster Employment Index (MEI) saw an upsurge in e-recruitment activity as the index rose to 130 in January 2022 from 118 in January...

Malaysia – Jobless rate improves in January as restrictions continued to lift

The unemployment rate in Malaysia stood at 4.2% in January 2022, a drop of 0.7% when compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

When compared to the previous month, the unemployment rate was flat.

The number of unemployed persons posted a decrease...

Australia – Recruitment firm Talentko sues former employees over move to rival recruitment firm (Business News)

Australian recruitment firm Talentko launched a lawsuit against three former employees in a bid to stop them from taking clients and confidential information to rival Collar Talent Group, reports Business News (paywall). Talentko claims in its writ sent to the Supreme Court of Western Australia that...

India – 12% of women employed as contract staff (The Hindu)

Approximately 12% of the 149.8 million female workers in India participate in the labour market as contractual staff, reports The Hindu citing a study by TeamLease Services. According to the study, one of the primary reasons for the low rate of women at work is their high participation in domestic duties...

Australia – Seek job ads climb 36% in February, driven by growth in Victoria

Job ads on job board Seek Australia saw an uptick of 35.8% in February 2022 when compared to February 2021 and rose 41.4% when compared to February 2019.

On a month-to-month basis Seek job ads were up 2.2%. 

Seek also published applications per job ad data for the month of January. The research showed...

Malaysia – Nearly half of professionals believe diversity is a barrier to career progression

Almost half, or 47%, of professionals across Malaysia said diversity policies are a barrier at their organisation while 53% said it was not, according to research from Hays.

When evaluating a job offer, 61% of professionals in Malaysia said a company’s diversity and inclusion policy/progress is ‘very...

Australia – Number of seasonally adjusted hours worked rebounds in December

Seasonally adjusted hours worked increased by 2.2% and filled jobs increased by 3.1% in the December quarter 2021 when compared to the December quarter of 2020, according to research by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Filled jobs refer to jobs with employed people in them.

When compared to the previous...