Wage payouts fund worth more than S$4 billion will be distributed to over 140,000 employers under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) from July 29. According to a Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, the subsidies will cover up to 75 percent of the first S$4,600 of each local employee’s salary for February and March. Employers […]Continue reading

Malaysia’s first comprehensive personal data protection legislation, the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), was passed by the Malaysian Parliament on June 2, 2010 and came into force on November 15, 2013.  Personal data protected under PDPA law are any information in respect of commercial transactions that is:  Being processed wholly or partly by means […]Continue reading

In recent years of the economic crisis and growing rate of employee burnout, employee engagement has become the focus of business leaders. High levels of employee engagement have been linked to several positive outcomes, such as lower absenteeism, improved performance, proactive and innovative employee behaviour, as well as financial profit. Hence, organisations with engaged employees […]Continue reading