South Korea boosts visas to record high as it aims to recruit skilled workers amid labour shortages (Reuters)

South Korea aims to issue a record number of visas for foreign skilled workers this year, as the justice minister announced today, a fifteen-fold increase in the annual quota to 30,000 in order to help companies overcome staffing shortages, reports Reuters. With younger South Koreans reluctant to take...

Australian politician, Infosys money under scrutiny (The Guardian)

A former Morrison government minister, Stuart Robert, has come under fire after reports that a lobbying firm with which he was allegedly affiliated — called Synergy 360 — received AUD 16 million (USD 10.7 million) from IT services firm Infosys Ltd. (INFY:NSI), The Guardian newspaper reported. Robert,...

New CEO to lead Robert Walters’ South East Asia business

Robert Walters, a UK-based global staffing firm, appointed Kimberlyn Lu as CEO for South East Asia. Lu previously was managing director of Robert Walters Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. In the new role, Lu will have responsibility for Robert Walters’ markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,...

Infosys’ IT services deal includes acquisition of client operations in India

Infosys Ltd. (INFY:NSI) signed a USD 454 million IT services deal with Danske Bank that includes acquiring its client operations in India.

The IT services giant on Monday announced the deal with Danske Bank, saying the Denmark-based bank selected the company as a “strategic partner to accelerate digital...

Activity breached code of conduct, but no fraud by company, TCS says

Media reports that some executives at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS:NSI) took bribes from staffing firms represent a breach of the company’s code conduct but did not involve fraud by TCS or involve key managers, the IT service giant said in a statement. Media reports last week said some managers...

‘Spot worker’ numbers surge in Japan (Nikkei Asia)

“Spot workers’” ranks are surging in Japan with about 10.7 million on-demand workers signed up to use smart phone apps to find gigs — a number that has doubled since 2020, Nikkei Asia reported. Growth quickened in recent months with an increase of about 3 million since September. The number of...

Nearly half favor 4-day week over socializing at work

Give up work socials and relationships with colleagues? Yes, if it means a four-day workweek, said 46% of workers interviewed by global recruitment firm Robert Walters.

Four-day weeks are popular with workers with a large majority, 89%, saying they would like their employer to implement a four-day week....

Persol names president for Persol Tempstaff Kamei division

Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. (2181:TYO) last week announced a new president for its Persol Tempstaff Kamei Co. Ltd. division.

The new president is Kazuaki Ishiguro, who moves into the position from his previous role as advisor to Persol Tempstaff Kamei. He joined Tempstaff Co. Ltd. in May 2000; the company...

Wage spend falls by $1.6 billion in April, Australian report says

Employers paid less in wages and salaries in April than March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on 21 June. Total paid fell by AUD 1.6 billion (USD 1.08 billion), or 1.7%, in April to AUD 91.4 billion (USD 6.19 billion).

Western Australia recorded the largest decrease, down 3.7% in April from...

Staffing firms implicated in Tata Consultancy Services bribery scandal

IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), has been rocked by a scandal after it was found that a few senior executives at the company accepted bribes from staffing firms in exchange for providing jobs to their candidates, reports Live Mint.

While the exact details of the scam are vague, two...