Increasing unemployment rate in Malaysia has urged the government to initiate massive new job opportunities. Starting next year, the government is set to implement n Employment Generation Guarantee Scheme (JanaKerja) that involves the provision of 500,000 new jobs. RM3.7 billion will be allocated to create various upskilling and training programmes, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz […]Continue reading

The Indonesian government has distributed the second phase of salary subsidies to eligible workers on Friday, Nov 13. More than 2.71 million employees have received the subsidies, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said. The salary subsidy aims to maintain and increase the purchasing power of workers so the nation’s economic growth improve during the pandemic. In […]Continue reading

Is it that time of the year when you have to fire employees? Hold on just a second.  The fact that employees are unable to meet the company’s expectations might not be their problem in the first place, but yours. As an example, there might be a time you hired a candidate or promoted an […]Continue reading

Bias is inevitable, especially when it comes to work. Nearly two-thirds of respondents in The Bias Barrier report said they experienced bias in the workplace in 2018. And the sobering statistics continue from there: respondents reported that bias had negative impacts on productivity (68 percent), engagement (70 percent), and on happiness, confidence, and wellbeing (84 […]Continue reading