Workforce insights, as defined in KPMG Future of HR 2020, is about using data from different sources to address challenges related to the workforce and generating what might happen and actions needed to address emerging and predicted issues. Technology is the main fuel of this activity but is unlikely to be based solely on out-of-the-box […]Continue reading

Malaysia Human Resources Ministry tightened its regulations in 2019 by creating changes to the existing Employment Rules and Laws. HR Minister M. Kulasegaran said that the changes will amend the labour law to further safeguard the rights of workers. The proposed amendments and changes would involve seven pieces of labour-related legislation that can be summarised […]Continue reading

The coronavirus pandemic is decimating the jobs market. This can be seen not just from the retreat of highly paid jobs or even the painful retrenchments across various sectors. It can be seen from the disappearance of lowly paid internships. In normal times, most companies hire interns to provide working experience, get some low-level jobs done and […]Continue reading

Trend Micro Incorporated, a cybersecurity company, has released survey results that show how remote workers address cybersecurity. Nearly three quarters (72 percent) of remote workers say they are more conscious of their organisation’s cybersecurity policies since lockdown began, but many are breaking the rules anyway due to limited understanding or resource constraints. Trend Micro’s Head […]Continue reading