Singapore – Employment falls by 2,400 jobs in Q3, but rate of decline slows

Total employment in Singapore declined by 2,400 jobs in the third quarter, but the rate of decline was slower than in the second quarter when the number of jobs fell by 16,300, Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower reported on Wednesday. The data excludes migrant domestic workers.

The Ministry of Manpower...

Australia – Employees’ median weekly earnings rise 4.3% over year

Median earnings for Australian employees rose 4.3% year over year in August to AUD 1,200 (USD 855) per week, an increase of AUD 50 (USD 35.6), according to a report this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The highest median weekly earnings were in the Australian Capital Territory at AUD...

New Zealand – Government easing way for 600 foreign tech workers

A border class exception to bring in 600 tech workers to New Zealand was announced this week by David Clark, the minister for the digital economy and communications.

“The sector is now one of our top three exporters, and jobs in tech have been growing at twice the rate of the general economy,” Clark...

Japan – Revenue plan is JPY 600 billion long term, technical staffing firm UT Group cites growth in temps

UT Group Co. Ltd. (2146:TYO), a Tokyo-based provider of engineering and technical staffing, announced an update on growth Monday, reporting that it has more than 30,000 contingent employees as of 30 November. It noted demand had been rising since the latter half of 2020. The company’s long-term plan...

China – LinkedIn is back in China with new jobs app, no social, after closing localized version

LinkedIn launched its new InCareer jobs app to help Chinese mainland professionals find jobs and companies to find them. The new product comes after LinkedIn announced in October that it was shutting down the localized version of its main platform that served the Chinese market. It reported success in...

Australia – Seek job ads hit record high in November

Job ads on job board Seek Australia were up by 50.0% in November 2021 when compared to November 2020 and up 51.8% when compared to November 2019.

Seek job ads in November broke last month’s record high.

At the same time, Seek job ads were up 1.1% month-on-month. Applications per job ad declined by 9.4%...

Australia – Number of casual employees down in August 2021

During the month of August 2021 there were 2.4 million casual employees (23% of employees, 19% of all employed), down from 2.6 million in May 2021, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The main indicator ABS uses for casual employment is whether an employee is entitled to paid leave,...

Singapore – Employees experience ‘online fatigue’ while they undergo workplace training

More than half, or 53%, of employees in Singapore say that they experience 'online fatigue' when it comes to workplace upskilling during Covid-19, according to the NTUC (National Trades Union Congress) LearningHub (NTUC LHUB)'s recent Workforce Learning in Workplace Transformation report.

The report found...

World – G20 area GDP growth jumps in Q3

Gross domestic product (GDP) of the G20 area grew by 1.7% between the second and the third quarter of 2021, up from a quarter-on-quarter growth rate of 0.4% in the second quarter, according to provisional estimates from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

This growth is in contrast...

Singapore – Majority of workforce fully vaccinated (The Straits Times)

The majority, or 97%, of Singapore's workforce have been vaccinated, and about 75,000 employees are unvaccinated as of 5 December, reports The Straits Times, citing the Ministry of Manpower. This marks a one-third decrease since 17 October, when there were 113,000 unvaccinated workers. This reduction...