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Philippines unemployment rate falls to 4.5% in April

15 June 2023

The unemployment rate in the Philippines stood at 4.5% in April 2023, down from 5.7% in April 2022, according to research from the Philippine Statistics Authority. The 4.5% rate is a preliminary estimate.

The unemployment rate in April 2023 was also down from the 4.7% rate seen in March 2023.

The estimates...


AI technologies will impact a quarter of Hong Kong’s workforce, study finds (South China Morning Post)

15 June 2023

About a quarter of Hong Kong’s workforce, or 800,000 workers, will find themselves unemployed or having to change career in the next five years as artificial intelligence (AI) takes over their jobs, reports South China Morning Post, citing a study by Hong Kong recruitment firm Venturenix. Data entry...


India needs skilled workforce of at least 8 million to fully leverage 5G tech in India: TeamLease (The Economic Times)

15 June 2023

India needs a minimum of 8 million skilled people by 2025 to use the recently rolled out 5G services to their full potential, reports The Economic Times, citing a report from TeamLease Services. The report highlights the role 5G can play in terms of job creation and in upskilling individuals. TeamLease...


Humanforce completes acquisition of Australia-based HR tech firm IntelliHR

14 June 2023

Humanforce, an Australia-based global provider of workforce management (WFM) and payroll solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of intelliHR, an HR tech SaaS (software-as-a-service) company also based in Australia.

The acquisition is worth over AUD 77 million (USD 52.3 million) and...


South Korean temporary workers down 3.3% in May as seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves to 2.5%

14 June 2023

The number of temporary workers in South Korea fell by 3.3% year over year to approximately 4.7 million in May 2023, according to data released by Statistics Korea.

When compared to the previous month, the number of temporary workers rose slightly by 1.43% in May 2023. The temporary employment data is...


Australia’s Reserve Bank underpaid roughly 1,200 staff nearly 800,000 (Yahoo News)

14 June 2023

Nearly 1,200 staff for the Reserve Bank of Australia have been underpaid a total of AUD 1.15 million (USD 781,143), reports Yahoo News. A total of AUD 1.15 million (USD 781,143) was owed to current and former staff due to a mistake in the way payments were calculated for leave entitlements, the bank...


IT recruitment for engineering students slows down in India (The Hindu)

14 June 2023

Companies in the Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services sectors have significantly reduced the number of students they usually recruit from engineering college campuses this year, reports The Hindu. College placement officers and principals say big companies are not rushing to recruit students....


Half of firms globally who mandated return to the office report higher than normal employee attrition

13 June 2023

Employers across the globe report losing key employees due to mandates, with recruitment also being impacted by enforced returns, according to research from Unispace, a global office design consultancy.

The research, which combined the results of a survey of 9,500 employees and 6,650 employers from 17...


Australian job ads slip 6.1% annually in May with a slight monthly gain

13 June 2023

Job advertisements in Australia declined by 6.1% year-on-year in May 2023 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to ANZ-Indeed Job Ads data published on ANZ Bank.

On a month-on-month basis, the number of job ads rose slightly by 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis. In trend terms, the number of job...


Tata Consultancy Service says women employees are quitting after being asked to return to office (India Today)

13 June 2023

Women employees working for India-based Tata Consultancy Services are resigning after the company asked employees to come back to the office, reports India Today. TCS’ Chief of HR, Milind Lakkad said in the company’s annual report that the company asked people to return to the office, and there have...