The Delhi government is set to launch a programme designed to attract startups to the capital city, with a 150-arce hi-tech business park to be built.
The country has rolled out a dedicated delivery service programme, subsidising costs for delivery bags and uniforms for delivery workers.
Out of 100,000 employees insured under Socso who have been laid off, about 31% or 30,977 have found new jobs.
31% of employers said virtual hiring gave them wider access to talent, while 28% said that it allowed flexibility and convenience.
Employers may need to upskill or re-skill their foreign workers, especially in sectors where local staff are hard to employ.
A research paper posits that workers who are very talented will lose motivation if they are evaluated fairly, because they can outperform with lower effort.
MIS has been awarded the HRM Asia Editors’ Choice Award for Best Corporate Training Provider.
Those in the management and supervisory posts in conditional movement control order (MCO) areas have been told to continue working from home.
The maternity leave pay is to be calculated at four-fifths the daily average of the wages earned by the employee.
The decision to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for the kingdom’s citizens is set to boost business confidence and the prospect of economic recovery.
Amendments to various employment acts were made after the country’s delivery workers died due to overwork.
Technology-enabled solutions, especially those using automation, will impact the majority of human resource (HR) roles in the near future.
An increase in the retirement age instead, would affect new jobseekers, says MTUC.
The change in policy aims to create more flexibility for employers and more hours for employees.
Roles are set to change when companies’ adopt technologies that will transform tasks, jobs and skills, creating new employment opportunities.
After allowing half of its staff to work from home last week, the Delhi government is now asking them not to leave the city without permission.
A*Star researchers will provide technical expertise to companies and help mentor SIT interns.
Prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has launched MalaysiaBiz – a one-stop government portal that aims to streamline the setting up of businesses.
More than 17,000 businesses in New Zealand have voluntarily repaid NZ$524 million in subsidies.
PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the country’s technology-based agencies and companies must be headed by leaders who are technical professionals.
The tourism subsidy package will run until Jan 31 next year, while a separate co-payment scheme will end on Dec 31.
Japan’s cabinet has approved a third round of fiscal stimulus of about 73.6 trillion yen (US$706 billion) to deal with the economic impact from the pandemic.
The country employs 2.6 million casual workers, with 1.35 million of them working regular shifts.
Women formed only 20.9% of managers in 2,486 organisations in the country, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labour.
The test typically covers aptitudes such as language proficiency, document writing and policy analysis.
The Ministry of Labour has set new risk-management rules to contain the pandemic in factories and businesses after a surge of cases on November 28th.
The proportion of SMEs that are vulnerable is about 30 percentage points higher than larger firms.
Three million new jobs may be created with US$50 billion of new foreign direct investments (FDI) entering the country.
The labour participation rate of people aged 50 and above is found to be significantly lower than that of Japan, South Korea and the US.
The employment rate of residents aged 25 to 64, the bulk of whom are in their prime working age, fell to 80.3% from 80.8% in 2019.