The accelerated shift to online banking augmented by the Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in greater concerns over data security, a survey by personal finance website SingSaver found. Conducted in June, the survey analysed 1,000 responses detailing the changing financial habits of Singaporeans in a pandemic and found a majority (72 percent) of respondents agree or […]Continue reading

In April to September 2016, the Labor Standards Inspection Offices (LSIOs) conducted inspections on workplaces that were suspected of violating limits on working hours. The inspection was specifically targeted to employers who asked their employees to work more than 80 hours of overtime per month.  In a report released on 17 January 2017, the Japanese […]Continue reading

Hong Kong employment has no legislation addressing standard working hours, but the average working week is 50.1 hours which is the highest among 71 cities in the world. Hong Kong Labor Department also cited that nearly 85 percent of the workforce exceeded 40 hours a week and nearly a quarter had overtime work. Among the […]Continue reading

An international Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey on employee sentiment reveals that productivity can be maintained surprisingly well in a virtual or hybrid work setting, according to a new BCG article, What 12,000 Employees Have to Say About the Future of Remote Work. The survey, conducted in the US, Germany, and India, also shows that there […]Continue reading

Lots of businesses have lost employees and faced a need to scale down as a result of the events of 2020. Indeed, our July report on ‘LinkedIn to Slash 960 Jobs Worldwide as Coronavirus Battered Recruitment Industry’ spoke to this problem in two ways. First, LinkedIn has become a prominent example of a major company forced to […]Continue reading

In New Zealand, employment-related sexual harassment is governed by the Employment Relations Act 2000 (ERA) and the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). An employee has been sexually harassed (1) if their employer (or a representative) directly or indirectly makes a request of that employee for sexual activity along with any implied or express promise or […]Continue reading

Anirudh Mukherjee wrote that female employees are furthering India’s economic development in equal proportion to their male counterparts, so gender parity is quintessential to all facets of employment, including recruitment, pay, growth and work conditions. Current law on the employment of women for night shifts is contained in the Factories Act of 1948 and the […]Continue reading

Indonesia is accelerating disbursement of some $50 billion in fiscal stimulus to revive consumer spending and prevent Southeast Asia’s largest economy from sliding into a recession. The government will pay 28.8 trillion rupiah ($1.96 billion) to civil servants and state pensioners as a 13th month salary starting this week, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. […]Continue reading

Statistics showed that 98 percent of employees use at least one social media site for personal use during workday. Among these employees, half of them are posting updates about their company. While updating positive updates about the company could increase the company’s visibility, employers should establish social media policies and guidelines to protect employees and […]Continue reading

In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, under section 49A of the Employment Ordinance, an employer must keep a record that sets out the wage and employment history of each employee, covering the period of his or her employment during the preceding 12 months. This is applicable to full-time, part-time, permanent, casual and […]Continue reading