Singapore – Advancer Global makes offer to acquire industrial real estate firm G3 Limited

Advancer Global (43Q:SES), a workforce solutions and services provider in Singapore, announced that its subsidiary, Advancer Global Facility Pte. Ltd, together with an independent third party financial investor made an indicative offer to Tee Infrastructure Private Limited proposing the acquisition of...

Asia Pacific – Most employees are actively looking for new jobs or open to new opportunities in 2022: Hays

Employees across Asia Pacific reported lower satisfaction with their jobs in 2022, according to a report from Hays. The data from the report showed 81% of employees are either actively looking for a new job or indicated being open to opportunities.

Hays’ research surveyed 9,598 skilled professionals...

Malaysia – Parliament to debate landmark bill that could make gig workers employees (Malay Mail)

Malaysia’s federal government is set to table a landmark amendment bill at the lower house of Parliament, that could permanently compel gig-based tech companies to provide their workers the rights and privileges enjoyed by formal employees, reports Malay Mail. The amendment bill, among others, proposes...

Japan – Government to accept Ukrainian refugees as retail chain promises jobs for 100 refugee families (Asia Financial)

Japan will accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in a break with the country’s usual reticence to accept humanitarian arrivals, reports Asia Financial. The private sector weighed in on the issue, with discount store chain Pan Pacific International...

China – 51job enters revised merger agreement with Garnet Faith

China-based job board and HR resource services provider 51job Inc. announced that it has entered into an amendment to its previously announced agreement and Plan of Merger on 21 June 2021 with Garnet Faith Limited.

Pursuant to the amended merger agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof,...

Japan – Pasona Group lists subsidiary Bewith Inc. on Tokyo Stock Exchange

Japanese staffing firm Pasona Group announce that its consolidated subsidiary Bewith, Inc. was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Bewith is involved in the provision of contact center and BPO services using digital technologies as well as the development and sales of various AI and...

India – Online recruitment rises 10% in January: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in India grew by 10% in January 2022 compared to January 2021, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.

The Monster Employment Index showed consistent improvement in online recruitment compared to the corresponding period a year-ago. The index charted 282 in January 2022 from...

Australia – Job ads down slightly by 0.3% in January, but up 34% compared to pre-Covid levels

Job advertisements in Australia fell slightly by 0.3% in January 2022 following a downwardly revised 5.8% drop in December. Despite the surge in Omicron cases, job ads remained 9.6% above the Delta-lockdown lows, according to job ad data from ANZ Bank.

ANZ Senior Economist, Catherine Birch said, “Although...

Singapore – Advancer Global full year revenue up 6.6%, but records loss

Advancer Global (43Q:SES), an integrated services provider offering workforce solutions and services in Singapore reported revenue yesterday after markets closed, for the full year ending 31 December 2021 of SGD 60.13 million (USD 44.3 million), an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last...

Japan – Copro Holdings to acquire Hucoss’ temporary staffing business

Copro Holdings, a Japan-based holding company which owns a number of businesses including a temporary staffing firm, announced that it will acquire the temporary staffing and employment dispatch business of Tokyo-based Hucoss.

The acquisition will be made through Copro’s subsidiary Copro-Engineerd,...