Humanized Networking Session Overview Grooves Work Technology Summit — The First WorkTech Virtual Summit in the World, featuring Shah Suriye Rubhen (COO of Lazada Malaysia). Explore the latest WorkTech products that boost your businesses’ productivity and meet 500 APAC business owners and HR professionals to expand industry knowledge and your network. What will happen? Influential […]Continue reading

More than 4,800 employers in Singapore have notified the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) regarding cost-saving measures that impacted their employees’ monthly salaries. Based on the ministry’s data, the measures have affected over 187,000 workers in the three months from March 12. Affected workers are mostly coming from sectors severely impacted by Covid-19 like accommodation and […]Continue reading

COVID-19 is predicted to stay for years, even with the most sophisticated testing and contact tracing. Cities around the world will suffer waves of infectious outbreaks until immunity takes hold or antiviral therapists and vaccines are developed. Yet, cities cannot stay locked down forever. If they do, spiralling food shortages, rising prices, mounting unemployment rate, […]Continue reading

While data can be put to beneficial uses for individuals and companies, unregulated and arbitrary use of data, especially personal data, has raised concerns regarding the privacy and autonomy of an individual. This is also a subject matter of the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court, which recognises the right to privacy as a fundamental […]Continue reading

Malaysian employers will not be allowed to bring in foreign workers in all sectors until the year-end, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. Speaking in a news conference after launching the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) initiative under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA), at the Human Resources Ministry on Sunday (Jun 22), […]Continue reading

In 2012, fourteen law firm employees were fired only because they wore orange-coloured shirts at work. Some employees purposefully wore the shirt to protest the new work rules, while others wore the shirt because they planned to go to a happy hour later that day. The employer disliked his employees wearing orange shirts, thus he […]Continue reading

Re-opening access after COVID-19 lockdown through the safe movement of people is critical to the economic growth and recovery of the world’s economy. Yet, as the COVID-19 vaccine is yet to be found, leaders are considering turning to “immunity passport” for their business travel continuity plan. But what do the experts really think about the […]Continue reading

Unemployed locals in Malaysia will get help in finding a new job through the newest Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) launched yesterday (Jun 22). Speaking at the launch of HRDF Penjana, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said that as many as 40,000 jobs will be created for locals […]Continue reading

Long leave due to workplace accident or injury might both disrupt company’s production and employee’s psychological wellbeing, such as whether or not they can still do their job or if their desk or space might be occupied by somebody else. These kinds of thoughts will build insecurities for injured employees, who take long-leave, to return […]Continue reading

Overview Bankruptcy, mass lay-offs, and cyber-attacks are some of the most alarming incidents that have happened in many organizations during the global fight against COVID-19. To help HR leaders stay resilient, international events firm Rockbird Media, in partnership with World Vision Philippines, will hold a two half-day virtual event for HR leaders across the Asia […]Continue reading