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Migrant worker groups petition Taiwan’s labour ministry to end private broker system (Focus Taiwan)

5 September 2023

Several organisations representing migrant workers in Taiwan petitioned the Ministry of Labour on Monday to end the country’s ‘exploitative’ labour broker system and replace it with a system solely based on direct hiring between governments, reports Focus Taiwan. The groups, including the Taiwan...


5 September 2023


Singapore Ministry of Manpower fines and convicts three companies in false salary declaration case

4 September 2023

Three firms in Singapore as well as four individuals who were their former directors, were convicted last week of multiple offences under the country’s Employment of Foreign Manpower Act and the Employment Act.

The companies convicted include Mini Environment Service, Labourtel Management Corporation,...


Japanese department store workers to stage first strike since 1950s (Financial Times)

4 September 2023

Workers at one of Tokyo’s most famous department stores are to shatter tradition and go on strike for the first time since the 1950s, reports The Financial Times. Customers of the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro were warned on its website that the shop would be closed all day on Thursday last week,...


Malaysia’s job market forecast to improve further but could face uncertainty (The Star Malaysia)

4 September 2023

Malaysia’s job market, which has been on a growth trajectory so far this year, could face uncertainty due to local and global factors, reports The Star Malaysia, citing research from the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF). MIDF Research in a report said Malaysia’s labour market...


Seek New Zealand job ads slip 26% in July; all regions decrease

1 September 2023

Job ad volumes in New Zealand declined by 26% in July compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from job board Seek.

Seek job ads declined 4% month-on-month in July. At the same time, job ads are now just 1% higher than in July 2019.

Meanwhile, applications per job ad rose 11% in June 2023...


Most Malaysian companies expect to retain employees in Q3 amid expected improved business performance

1 September 2023

A majority of businesses in Malaysia (73.4%) anticipate retaining their employees for the third quarter of 2023, according to research from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

Approximately 17.6% of businesses expect to hire more, whereas only 9.0% intend to reduce their headcount, which induced a...


India's startup layoffs at over 100,000 in the past two years (The Hindustan Times)

1 September 2023

India's startup ecosystem is facing a much more severe job crisis than expected, reports The Hindustan Times, citing staffing firms and recruiters. Layoffs at new-age businesses are estimated to be at least three times higher than publicly disclosed. In the past 24 months alone, more than 1,400 companies...


Airtasker full year revenue up 40% with lift from Oneflare acquisition

31 August 2023

Australia-based B2C talent platform Airtasker reported revenue yesterday for the full year ended 30 June 2023 of AUD 44.2 million (USD 28.7 million), an increase of 40.4% year on year.

The company reported its Q4 results last month which showed revenue rose by 20.6% when compared to the prior corresponding...


AD1 Holdings full year revenue and cash receipts up but losses widen

31 August 2023

Job search site AD1 Holdings (AD1:AU) reported annual group revenue of AUD 6.4 million (USD 4.1 million), an increase of 7% on the prior corresponding period of FY21. At the same time, cash receipts from customers stood at AUD 7.3 million (USD 4.7 million), an increase of 8% over the previous year.

The...