Cigna’s International Markets business published the fifth edition of its COVID-19 Global Impact Study, which highlights the contrast in well-being around the world as vaccine roll-out commenced for some, while other markets anticipated vaccine approvals to come. With the COVID-19 pandemic continually evolving and new waves and variants emerging in different geographies, these latest results show […]
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Date: February 18, 2021 at 06:03
Author: hrinasia – Renny

Skillsoft recently announces it is integrating tools and training with Microsoft Viva. The integration of Skillsoft’s award-winning content, comprising 180,000+ learning assets, adds a collection of robust learning experiences, expands the Microsoft Viva Learning library, and empowers Microsoft Teams users to hone their skills by searching for and consuming meaningful and relevant learning content when […]
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Date: February 17, 2021 at 12:03
Author: hrinasia – HR ASIA

More and more employers are integrating diversity and inclusion in their workplace. Committed to providing equal employment, employers are bringing people with disabilities or disorders to their team, including talent who suffers from Tourette Syndrome. Different from other disabilities or disorders, individuals with Tourette Syndrome share their concerns with everyone else in the workplace, but […]
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Date: February 17, 2021 at 09:03
Author: hrinasia – Renny

Wage subsidies under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) will be extended for the worst-hit sectors in Singapore’s economy during the pandemic. Meanwhile, the current tranche of payments will continue to cover wages up to March 2021, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (Feb 16). First introduced in the Budget 2020 statement, the […]
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Date: February 16, 2021 at 12:04
Author: hrinasia – Nurlita

Technology has infused all parts of our working lives, none more so that in HR departments. HR professionals need to leverage technology to make their lives easier and more efficient, as well as understand the tech if they are to source and hire the right people for the right jobs. One emerging field is ‘No […]
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Date: February 16, 2021 at 09:03
Author: hrinasia – Renny

The Philippines can expect growing optimism in regard to recruitment and hiring activities this year. Data from the latest study commissioned by Michael Page Philippines found 35% of companies in the country are planning to increase their headcounts, while another 45% will maintain the status quo in 2021. Coomenting on the findings of Talent Trends […]
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Date: February 15, 2021 at 12:00
Author: hrinasia – HR ASIA

Malaysia is committed to providing a free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all residents in the country, and that will include foreigners residing in the country. The government has said on Thursday (Feb 11) that this will include students, refugees and undocumented migrants. The country is expected to start its first vaccine rollout at the end […]
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Date: February 15, 2021 at 12:00
Author: hrinasia – HR ASIA

Managers often perceive newcomers in their team as both long-term assets and short-term burdens, mainly because new hires will need to be inducted, trained, and given lighter loads before they are able to get up to speed, thus inevitably slowing everyone else down in the process. But are rookies really inefficacious or was it just […]
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Date: February 15, 2021 at 12:00
Author: hrinasia – Renny

The rollout of vaccination programmes scheduled for the end of this month will further boost the Malaysian economy and help in creating more jobs possibly by the second half of 2021, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said. Executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said more employers would be ready to employ people for a longer term rather than […]
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Date: February 14, 2021 at 09:52
Author: hrinasia – Nurlita

This article is a guest post. You really want to grow your business. But you don’t have a clear idea of where to begin. You’re not alone! Many entrepreneurs and business owners are or have been in the same situation at one point or another in their careers. Things could be a tad easier if […]
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Date: February 14, 2021 at 09:52
Author: hrinasia – Nurlita