Japan Offers Lowest Pay Rise in Eight Years
Japanese companies are offering the lowest wage increases in eight years as labour talks wrap up on Wednesday, in a sign the Covid-19 pandemic...
Japan’s ‘lost generation’ faces slow pay growth and lack of promotion
The plight of Japan's "lost generation" mainly comprising people in their 40s or early 50s is persisting, as they struggle to keep pace with...
Toshiba to cut 5,000 jobs in latest bid to restructure
Toshiba Corp is seeking to cut 5,000 jobs or roughly 10% of its headcount in Japan, the Nikkei reported, underscoring the fading stigma of...
Report on overwork highlights Japan’s work-life balance issues
Japan government’s latest on karōshi (death from overwork) showed that there’s a long way to go to improve citizens' work-life balance. The report, the...
Only 6% of Japanese workforce is engaged, among the lowest in...
Gallup's latest State of the Global Workplace report finds that only 6% of the Japanese workforce is engaged — among the lowest in the...
Japan Considering Mandatory Disclosure of Gender Wage, Female Manager Ratio
Japan is considering requiring companies' annual reports to disclose average wages by gender and the ratio of female managers, said two people with direct...
More men taking childcare leave in Japan
According to the Basic Survey on Employment conducted annually by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, 30.1% of working fathers in Japan took...
Japan eyes training foreign workers amid labour shortages
The Japanese government has adopted plans to create a new system designed to train unskilled foreign workers and facilitate their attainment of medium- to...
Renovating facilities will help attract human resources according to the Japanese...
If housing complexes for national civil servants are ageing and located far from workplaces, it could hinder their performance in carrying out their official...
Joint study on workplace mental health in Asia released by Aon...
Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, in collaboration with global healthcare leader TELUS Health, has released the inaugural Aon TELUS Health Asia...
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Chinese money fuels hiring spree among private banks in Hong Kong
Wealth managers are ramping up hiring in Hong Kong to cater to an inflow of mainland Chinese money. UBS Group is adding staff as...
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US dockworkers and port employers set to restart talks
Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan 7 as the...
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9th Malaysian Shared Services and Outsourcing Week
Venue: Malaysia
Date: 13-16 June 2022
The pandemic has proved the importance of Shared Services, and the demand for Shared Services is rising. Malaysia remains...
