Businesses across Asia Pacific have reduced pay rise budgets this year, as part of efforts in responding to the economic implications of the COVID-19 crisis. According to Salary Budget Planning Report conducted by Willis Towers Watson, about one-third companies (34 percent) have made changes to their employees’ salaries in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Another […]Continue reading

The Singapore government is introducing a new Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI) scheme worth S$1 billion as part of efforts to create new jobs. The initiative will focus on helping mature workers. Under the scheme, the government will co-pay up to 25 percent of salaries of all new local hires for one year, subject to a […]Continue reading

Technology has enabled recruiters to conduct hiring processes with more candidates while delivering higher quality, more cost-effective service to both job seekers and employers alike. In this sense, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be no different. The acknowledgement that AI is “game-changer for HR” suggests it could have both positive and negative implications.  HRPA […]Continue reading

HR Generalist is by far one of the most sought-after professionals in the human resources industry. Randstad survey revealed that HR generalists are the jack-of-all-trades of the HR world as it comes in the top three of in-demand HR jobs for 2020. Especially in small and medium-sized businesses that do not have a large HR […]Continue reading

Malaysia has decided to lift an earlier limit on the hiring of foreign workers meant to protect jobs for locals in most sectors, the Human Resources Ministry said late on Thursday. Last month, the ministry said the hiring of foreign labour would be limited to the construction, agriculture and plantation sectors, a move to increase […]Continue reading

Under China Labor Contract Law, a written employment contract is necessary to establish an employment relationship. However, a part-time employee, who works no more than 24 cumulative hours per week and four average hours per day, is subject to different requirements and might be employed under an oral contract. The law gives a one-month grace […]Continue reading

The Hong Kong legal framework concerning privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity is consolidated under one piece of legislation, the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO). All organisations that collect, hold, process or use personal data must comply with the PDPO and in particular, the six data protection principles (DPPs) in Schedule 1 of the PDPO, which […]Continue reading

Don’t feel like going back to work on Monday morning? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Recent survey involving 2,000 respondents from global major companies has shown that more than 1 in 2 (56%) of professionals dread work when they wake up. Among this number, employees working for Paypal, Facebook, VMWare, Oracle, and Intuit dread work […]Continue reading

“Life is unfair”. Perhaps, these words are often heard when one is faced with some kind of misery or misfortune. In a work setting, you might have heard your coworkers say a similar phrase when they are in trouble or not being recognised for doing a great job. In fact, a poll by YouGov revealed […]Continue reading

Human resources department is going through a constant transformation from time to time, turning the department into something better and more efficient at meeting the modern workplaces. The presence of COVID pandemic has also accelerated the HR department to be more agile in adopting technology and fast at responding to what matters most for business.  […]Continue reading