A new eBook from Indeed highlights why now is the right time for organisations to review their hiring strategies, despite the prevalence of economic uncertainty.
The Cabinet has approved bills requiring companies to retain their workers until they are 70 years old, effectively raising the retirement age from 65 to 70.
Uncertainties about the pandemic and the situation forward means that the phase-out of such support measures will be complicated, said the IMF.
The central government has postponed the implementation of four new labour codes originally scheduled to be rolled out on April 1.
Under the programme, jobseekers who successfully found jobs within a distance of less than 100 km would be given mobility assistance of RM500.
Google is reopening some of its US offices with employees returning to the office on a voluntary basis from April.
Almost half of the 130,000 hires were not employed at the point of hire and over a quarter had been unemployed for over six months.
The Cabinet has approved the setting up of the National Pension Fund (NPF), a new mandatory retirement savings scheme for formal sector workers.
Malaysia needs to put in continued effort to catalyse economic transformation and create high-skilled jobs, said the central bank governor.
Despite challenges posed by the pandemic last year, start-ups in the country attracted S$5.5 billion (US$4 billion) in funding.
The level of office attendance for civil servants is subjected to the Public Service Department, while the private sector is allowed to have 100% of staff back.
Beginning April 1, the minimum hourly wage in the country will increase to NZ$20 (US$14) from the current NZ$18.9 (US$13.2).
The Department of Labour and Employment would provide emergency employment to informal workers who lost their jobs.
Less than half of salaried workers surveyed are willing to be inoculated against the coronavirus, as uncertainty remains over potential side effects.
The committee set up to study evidence on the matter comprise members from education and yoga institutions, as well as the corporate sector.
The inception of Republic Act 11337 will help entrepreneurs bring their innovative ideas to fruition by providing them with government support.
The court judgment read that service charge, being monies collected from third parties, does not belong to the hotel, and should be transferred to employees.
The government is proposing a change to the current employment law to support a work-from-home (WFH) culture even in the post-pandemic era.
The wage hike to A$26 a week would allow low-wage workers to spend more, and is an effective way of spurring local businesses.
The bill proposes that companies employing less than five workers must insure their staff for occupational accidents.
The eighth tranche of financial support will cover businesses in sectors such as textile, aviation and tourism, as well as those in the lower-income group.
Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures are mandating food-and-beverage businesses to close earlier to reduce the risk of a rebound of pandemic cases.
The bill will apply to parents, their partners, and parents planning to have a child through surrogacy or adoption, but will exclude abortion.
In February, out of the 1.35 million persons officially unemployed, 999,000 had lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
Before interest rates are raised, the unemployment rate will likely need to fall to between the “low 4s” and “high 3s”, said RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle.
Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed a bill calling for a 335-billion-peso (US$6.9 billion) stimulus package in the Senate.
Employers will receive up to 50% support for the first S$4,600 of gross monthly wages paid from September to December 2020.
A new survey by the Institute for Corporate Productivity aims to inform decisions made by thousands of organisations and business leaders now and in the years ahead.
Wanita Industrial Malaysia (WIM), a trade union coalition representing female workers, has urged the government to mandate 98 days of maternity leave.
The government will adopt measures to help medium and larger-sized companies boost capital funds.