Japan approved bill for background checks for work
The Cabinet on Tuesday (Mar 29, 2024) approved a bill that aims to protect young children from sexual assault by requiring those seeking employment...
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...
Malaysia to Send Skilled Workers to Japan
Malaysia, Japan to finalise MOC on sending skilled workers to Japan, says Saravanan
Malaysia and Japan will finalise a memorandum of cooperation on sending Malaysian...
Panasonic closed two departments in Shah Alam
Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad confirmed on June 1, that it has shut down two departments in its Shah Alam 1 plant as part of...
Japan changing the traditional transfer system to keep workers
The spread of double-income households and the eroding concept of lifetime employment have forced Japanese companies to change their traditional ways of transferring personnel.
Employers...
Japan mulls allowing blue collar foreign workers to stay indefinitely
In a major shift, Japan is looking to allow foreign nationals in certain blue-collar jobs to stay indefinitely starting as early as the 2022...
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...
More Japan firms turning to VR for customer service training
Hotels, convenience stores and other businesses have increasingly turned to virtual reality to help train their staff amid a growing labour shortage.
VR has an...
Japan’s jobless rate falls lower in October
It was reported that Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.5% in October from 2.6% a month earlier, improving for the second consecutive month, as...
Why Japanese refuse to WFH
As a virus mitigation effort, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is urging people to work from home. His government’s goal is to cut the number...
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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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Nearly 90% of Korean workers support raising retirement age
As Korea moves toward becoming an ultra-aged society, an increasing number of workers are voicing strong support for the raising of the retirement age...
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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...
