Fair Work Ombudsman forces Starbucks to compensate over 2,000 Australian employees for underpayment

Starbucks Coffee Australia has back paid staff in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast more than AUD 4.5 million (USD 2.9 million) after becoming aware of underpayments to workers including baristas and supervisors, Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman reported. The global coffeehouse chain has...

Australian job ads plunge 20.5% in August, Victoria records steepest decline of 27%

Job ad volumes in Australia decreased 20.5% year-on-year in August according to job board Seek.

Seek noted that job ads in August were 19.7% higher than August 2019. On a month-on-month basis, job ads fell 1.8% in August.

Applications per job ad increased for the sixth consecutive month, rising 6.5% in...

Taiwanese Cabinet approves draft minimum wage bill (Focus Taiwan)

Taiwan's Cabinet yesterday approved a draft national minimum wage bill that proposes using the consumer price index (CPI) as a reference for adjusting minimum pay, and it also plans to fine employers who violate the law, reports Focus Taiwan. Under the draft bill proposed by the Ministry of Labour, a...

Rising logistics demand expected to create 10 million jobs in India by 2027 (The Business Standard)

Buoyed by government policies and rising economic activity, the Indian logistics industry is poised for rapid growth and is expected to create 10 million jobs by 2027, reports The Business Standard, citing research from staffing firm TeamLease. The sector is reportedly growing at an annual rate...

Thailand’s labour ministry plans to send 100,000 skilled workers abroad next year (The Bangkok Post)

Thailand’s labour ministry has set a goal of sending 100,000 skilled workers overseas next year, reports The Bangkok Post, citing Department of Employment director-general Pairoj Chotikasatien. According to Chotikasatien this target reflects the policy of the new Labour Minister, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn,...

Number of staff employed in Australia’s labour hire industry on the rise in June quarter

In the June quarter of 2023, the number of staff employed in the labour hire supply services industry was higher than in the previous quarter and the same period a year ago, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The data showed that in June 2023, there were 327,100 people employed...

New Zealand GDP rises 0.9% in June quarter, manufacturing activity returns to growth

New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.9 percent in the June 2023 quarter, following a flat March 2023 quarter, according to quarterly figures released by Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ).

Economic and environmental insights general manager Jason Attewell said, “Business services was the...

Formal job creation in India slows in July (Business Standard)

The latest payroll data from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO, India’s social security organisation) indicates a slight dip in the creation of new formal jobs in July, signalling stagnation in the labour market. New monthly subscribers to the employees’ provident fund (EPF, India’s...

As many as 42% graduates in India under 25 remained jobless post-Covid (LiveMint)

As many as 42% of graduates under the age of 25 remained unemployed after the Covid-19 pandemic, while the pace of job creation decreased following the global economic slowdown, reports LiveMint, citing a report, ‘State of Working India 2023: Social Identities and Labour Market Outcomes’ by Bengaluru-based...

Monstarlab Holdings acquires Japan-based recruitment firm ExecutiveSearch.AI

Japan-based Monstarlab Holdings Inc., a digital consultancy and IT services firm, announced the acquisition of ExecutiveSearch.AI (ESAI). ESAI is a specialist recruiting firm for the tech industry. That leverages an in-house developed direct recruitment system. This system reaches out to individuals...