Improving the well-being of employees in APAC

Employee well-being had been a growing area of focus for many employers worldwide, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruption caused to many organisations, however, proved a positive catalyst for finding new ways to maintain engagement through well-being, despite a largely disparate workforce, said Adrian Seligman, Chief Commercial Officer, Top Employers Institute.

During his joint presentation with Ammara Naeem, Head of Client Success, Top Employers Institute titled, Holistic Wellbeing: Presenting the Challenges and Opportunities for APAC’s Employers, Seligman will share how, while organisations are making progress in almost all areas focused on People Strategy, more needs to be done around well-being practices.

To help organisations meet the challenges of a ‘new normal’, the joint presentation will give practical examples of how leading organisations worldwide can becoming bolder in their experiments to drive and support a more holistic approach to well-being.

Seligman added, “Even though HR leaders in APAC face challenges to do more to embed holistic well-being initiatives, they also have a unique opportunity, right now, to experiment and build further on the gains already made – and transform the performance of their people.”

While many white-collar jobs quickly pivoted to remote or hybrid work since the pandemic, the frontline workforce emerged as a key pillar of resilience, offering vital lifelines to global supply chains and consumer demands, observed Matthew Ward, CEO and Founder of Workmate.

In a fireside chat with Bhavani Shankar Mishra, Regional Director, Logistics (APAC), foodpanda, titled, Tools for Building a Winning Frontline Workforce, Ward will discuss the key challenges organisations face today in hiring quality workers at scale and recommend strategies to hire and retain workers when managing a large shift-based workforce.

As more companies continue to accelerate the adoption of digital tools to automate and drive efficiencies in recruitment retention and workforce productivity, Ward and Mishra will also examine the opportunities for tech-enablement in recruitment and operational excellence.

Powered by ADP, HR Tech Festival Asia Online 2021 is taking place from September 21-23 and is brought to you by the industry’s global leading HR media and event organisers HR Tech Conference Las Vegas, HRE Magazine US, HRM Magazine and HRM Asia.

The completely virtual event will also include an exciting lineup of some of the most forward-thinking personalities and authorities in the HR field, many of whom are speaking in Asia for the first time. These include Lars Schmidt, Author and Founder of Amplify; Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst and Dean of the Josh Bersin Academy; Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR; and Jon Ingham, Director of the Strategic HR Academy.

An exclusive collaboration with Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower will also see the return of the popular ASEAN Future of Work conference track. Taking place on Thursday, September 23, the conference track will bring together regional senior government, union and employer representatives, to share lessons learnt from COVID-19 on promoting inclusivity in the future world of work.

In view of the International Labour Organisation’s global call to orient a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient, the speakers will also discuss the pertinent challenges and opportunities for regional tripartite partners to build more inclusive ecosystems to embrace industry 4.0, make lifelong learning a reality for all and support well-being and work life harmony.

Zaqy Mohamad, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Manpower, Singapore, will be kicking off HR Tech Festival Asia Online 2021 with the opening remarks on Tuesday, September 21.

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Bringing together the region’s largest gathering of global solutions providers in one virtual expo, HR Tech Festival Asia Online 2021 will also showcase the latest HR tech products and solutions from leading companies such as ADP, Achievers, Ceridian, Cloud Services Solutions, Cornerstone, Coursera, Elements Global Services, Globalization Partners, Mercer Marsh Benefits, Oracle, Qualtrics, SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Top Employers Institute, Wolters Kluwer, Workmate, Workforce Singapore.

Click here to register for HR Tech Festival Asia Online 2021 and do not miss your only opportunity this season to be part of a regional event which delves into in-depth discussions across key workforce issues such leadership, culture, technology and employee experience.