Organisation and HR functions are highly impacted by global trends. In the past, HR focused on becoming a people-person, managing employee-related issues such as recruitment and retention. Although today HR remains bearing the same responsibilities around management and development functions, their works are completely transformed through advanced automation, outsourcing, and self-organising teams – and organisations […]Continue reading

Workers in Malaysia’s public healthcare sector will soon get pay raise from July this year. An estimated 56,300 employees will see their monthly base salaries increased between 3 and 14 percent. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the raise will be adjusted in phases over the next two years. Nurses will get a higher […]Continue reading

“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” – Hilary Clinton To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA) shares tips for businesses to better support and empower their female employees. “The global pandemic has highlighted the balancing act that women have performed for […]Continue reading

Standing desk, desk cycle, doing yoga and stretching – what else do you do in order to work comfortably, without hurting your spine?  Consultant and Founder of Blue Alpine Research Feyyaz Alingan pitched employers on an overlooked posture that might be beneficial in the office – the squat. Not sitting or standing but squatting – […]Continue reading

International Women’s Day is the day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women globally. Looking back at the past, we can see how much the situations have changed for women. Gender equality has improved, but many still feel gender bias continues to exist in the workplace. For example, it becomes a known […]Continue reading

Women are often underrepresented in the workplace, especially in the tech sectors. According to Danelle Toh, Head of People Service at Foodpanda APAC, women who pursue careers in tech often struggle to find a balance between career, family, and personal goals. However, while women might lack support from their co-workers in tech sectors, Danelle believed […]Continue reading

Despite four in five (81%) employers say that workflow automation will enhance employees’ work instead of replacing them, a number of challenges are still holding these organisations back. About two in three of them highlighted obstacles related to knowledge gaps such as ‘a lack of background knowledge to utilise workflow automation technologies’ (63%), and ‘the […]Continue reading

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving a fundamental shift in the way companies operate, accelerating the need for an adaptable and agile workforce to bolster business success. According to Mercer’s 2021 Global Talent Trends study, the financial impact and work-life disruption caused by the pandemic has spurred employers in Indonesia to focus on workforce restructuring (45 […]Continue reading

Since its inception, it has been a norm that a company employee completes a stipulated amount of work, at a stipulated location, during stipulated office hours. However, numerous studies that involved world-renowned companies like KPMG, Microsoft and Pfizer have shown that the key to getting work done better and faster might in fact lie in […]Continue reading

As vaccination campaign is being rolled out globally, employers have a central role to play in the drive to persuade people to get vaccinated. In India, digital services consulting Infosys Ltd and Accenture Plc recently announced that they would cover Covid-19 vaccination costs for their employees. The country is beginning to expand its massive vaccination […]Continue reading