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Recruitment firm shut down for allegedly scamming jobseekers
20 March 2024A tip-off from the Filipino community in Poland led to the closure of an alleged illegal recruitment agency based in Quezon City, Philippines, reports the Manila Bulletin. The shut down was led by personnel from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). The DMW officer-in-charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac identified...
TwoStone & Son upgrades FY revenue forecast but cuts profit outlook
19 March 2024Japanese staffing firm TwoStone & Son (7352: TYO), previously known as Branding Engineer, announced it upgraded its consolidated financial forecast figures for the full year ending August 2024.
The company revised its forecasted revenue from JPY 13.22 billion (USD 87.8 million) to JPY 13.88 billion...
Number of temporary workers in South Korea sees 4.7% lift
19 March 2024The number of temporary workers in South Korea improved by 4.7% year over year to approximately 4.61 million in February 2024, according to data released by Statistics Korea.
Temporary workers increased by 6.6% in February 2024 compared to the previous month. The temporary employment data is not seasonally...
Temp workers wages for major Japanese metros up in February
19 March 2024The average hourly wage in February 2024 for temporary workers across three major Japanese metropolitan areas (Kanto, Tokai and Kansai) stood at JPY 1,575 (USD 10.47), up JPY 23 (USD 0.15) from the previous year and up JPY 10 (USD 0.06) from the last month, according to data from Dip Corp. (2379:TYO),...
Most New Zealanders check work emails during holidays
19 March 2024More than half of New Zealanders (66%) regularly or occasionally checked their work emails during their annual leave, reports Newshub, citing research from Robert Walters. Shay Peters, Robert Walters CEO, Australia and New Zealand, said there is a combination of reasons for people to keep in touch with...
OECD unemployment rate unchanged at 4.8% in January
18 March 2024The unemployment rate for countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development area was broadly stable at 4.8% in January 2024.
The OECD noted that the rate has remained below 5.0% since July 2022.
In January, the rate was broadly stable over the prior month in 23 OECD countries in January,...
Australian Union sues Qantas over illegal pandemic firings
18 March 2024Australia’s Transport Workers Union (TWU) is suing airline Qantas in the federal court over what it says is “the largest case of illegal sackings in Australia’s corporate history”, reports The Guardian. A court previously found Qantas contravened the Fair Work Act by its decision to outsource...
Uber agrees to $178 million payout with Australia taxi drivers
18 March 2024Work services platform Uber has agreed to pay AUD 271.8 million ($178.5 million) to settle a lawsuit in Australia, reports BBC News, citing a law firm for taxi operators and drivers. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, an Australian law firm, filed the class action on behalf of over 8,000 taxi and hire car owners...
China's urban employment stable in early 2024
18 March 2024China's employment situation was generally stable during the first two months of 2024, reports Xinhua, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.3% in the first two months of 2024. In January, the country's surveyed urban...
Howtelevision to acquire engineer recruiter Logrio
15 March 2024Howtelevision, a Japan-based company which offers a graduate recruitment platform, announced it will acquire Logrio, an engineer recruitment firm also based in Japan.
The price of the transaction is approximately JPY 244 million (USD 1.65 million).
“Our group has been developing its career platform business...