The Financial Management & Resilience Programme (URUS) has been launched for individual borrowers who continue to be affected by the pandemic.
The number of employed people across various sectors showed an increase in August month-on-month, with wages growing marginally.
The number of employed people totaled 27.68 million in September, marking a record high since March 2014, when the figure grew by 726,000.
Australia’s Northern Territory has made it compulsory for anyone serving the public at work to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
As the country gets ready to reopen its borders on November 1, the Labour Ministry has announced that 222,871 jobs have been created.
Minister of Labour Hsu Ming-chun has said her ministry will be launching an online platform to allow migrant workers to self- submit applications.
Over the next 12 months, 28% of companies expect to increase the number of employees as businesses recover from the pandemic.
All public and private institutions have begun testing employees and officials for COVID-19 after the recently concluded Pchum Ben festival.
The Japan Federation of Employers’ Associations says taking on secondary employment can result in a more productive workforce.
The overall unemployment rate in August fell by 0.1 percentage point to 2.7% month-on-month, due to a temporary easing of labour demand.
The government has recovered S$361 million (US$266 million) from 4,862 firms to remedy overpayments in the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS).
Western buyers of Cambodian apparel and footwear goods have been urged to prod suppliers towards paying a living wage to factory workers.
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (EMA) is calling on the government to mandate workers to carry digital vaccine passports to enter workplaces.
To help about 480,122 struggling small businesses keep five million employees employed, the government is planning to roll out subsidies.
About 13 business groups have asked the government to restrict the mobility of unvaccinated individuals and to step up mass inoculations.
All employers have been told to test staff for COVID-19 after they return to work after the three-day Pchum Ben holiday or Ancestors’ Day.
The allocation of RM18 billion (US$4.3 billion) in wage subsidies has helped 2.9 million workers in the country keep their jobs so far, reports HR minister.
About three million workers in Ho Chi Minh City stand to gain from the unemployment insurance fund with total allowances of about VND6 trillion.
Businesses in Auckland are calling for government-mandated vaccination at workplaces amid a lockdown that has lasted seven weeks.
The country’s job availability fell for the first time in four months in August as the government expanded the state of emergency over more regions.
The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has set a target of bringing a million workers back to being employed by the end of 2021.
The country’s planning agency is launching a 45.4-billion-baht (US$1.4-billion) stimulus package to help small businesses keep jobs.
Malaysia has announced that all medically fit federal government employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Healthcare staff in New South Wales (NSW) must be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by September 30, said NSW health minister Brad Hazzard.
The government will provide financial aid to pandemic-hit workers and employers, drawing from the unemployment insurance fund.
The government is expanding wage subsidies for businesses which employ apprentices into the latter’s second and third years.
An ex-customs service worker who opted not to be vaccinated and consequently got sacked has lost her case at the High Court.
A government survey has shown a rise in total employment from 23 million reported in 2013-14 to 30.8 million in the second quarter this year.
Employers have been told not to impose mandatory vaccination requirements on their staff or penalise those who opt not to be vaccinated.
The government plans to let delivery workers and designated drivers benefit from the employment insurance system from next year.