Australia – Court fines union and official for trying to get labour-hire firm dropped (ABC)

An Australian court fined a union and one of its officials for trying to cause a construction contractor to end an agreement with a labour-hire firm employing 40 workers who were members of another union, ABC reported. The union being fined — the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy...

World – Report claims some users already have difficulty accessing Facebook jobs category (HITC)

Some Facebook users told digital news site, HITC, that they are already having difficulty accessing the Jobs category. Changes are scheduled to come to the category by 22 February. And Jobs on Facebook will no longer be available for much of the world with the exception of the US and Canada. Facebook...

India – IT services firm Tech Mahindra reports revenue up nearly 19%

IT services firm Tech Mahindra Ltd. (TECHM:NSI) reported revenue rose 18.7% in its fiscal third quarter ended 31 December. However, gross margin narrowed at the Pune, India-based firm.

Total headcount rose 3% from the second quarter to a total of 145,067. Headcount is up 19% from the third quarter of...

Japan – TechnoPro reports Q2 revenue up 11%, recovers to pre-pandemic levels

Revenue at TechnoPro Holdings Inc. (6028:TYO) rose 11.1% year over year in the company’s fiscal second quarter ended 31 December. TechnoPro reported engineering staffing, its main business, has largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels in the first six months of the fiscal year.

India – Outsourcing firm Hinduja Global Solutions is acquiring Diversify Offshore Staffing

Business process management firm Hinduja Global Solutions ltd. (HGS:NSI) announced Sunday it is acquiring a 100% state in Diversify Offshore Staffing Solutions Pty. Ltd., a Brisbane-based provider of outsourcing and offshoring services in the Philippines.

Diversify has more than 50 clients, who are primarily...

Australia – Ignite revenue up 5% in most recent quarter, gross margin improves

Ignite Ltd. (IGN:ASX) reported revenue rose 5% to AUD 28.7 million (USD 20.8 million) in its fiscal quarter ended 31 December. The Sydney, Australia-based staffing provider said Covid-19 continues to impact business with varying public health orders in place.

Gross margin improved to 11.76% in the quarter...

Japan – Healthcare staffing provider SMS Co. reports revenue up 7%

Revenue rose 7.4% in the nine months ended 31 December at SMS Co. Ltd. (2175:TYO), a Tokyo-based provider of healthcare staffing and elderly care services. SMS reported results on Monday.

Japan – Revenue rises 10% at engineering staffing provider Meitec

Meitec Corp. (9744:TYO), a Tokyo-based provider of engineering staffing, reported 27 January that revenue rose 10.4% in the nine months ended 31 December. The firm’s fiscal year ends 31 March.

The company noted increased investment in technology at its manufacturing clients.

Vietnam – Businesses expect hiring activities to recover in H1 2022 (Vietnam Daily News)

The majority of companies in Vietnam said 50% or more of their usual activities have recovered, while 7% said that their business operations remain affected or even suspended, reports Vietnam Daily News, citing research from ManpowerGroup. Throughout four pandemic waves, domestic enterprises have learned...

South Korea – Over a third of companies say there is an ‘epidemic of job turnover’

Over a third, or 35%, of employers in South Korea, say there is an ‘epidemic of job turnover’, according to a survey from South Korea-based Saramin HR.

The main reasons for the job turnover were 'because the compensation system such as salary is not good' (51.5%), 'because the company couldn't present...