Three days, two workshops, one question: Who runs the next phase of Vietnam’s growth
CHRO Series Vietnam runs 9-11 September at Rex Hotel Saigon, with sessions on blue-collar retention, executive localisation, skills-first hiring and the green talent shortage – plus a data protection law that has been live since January.
Indonesia targets October completion for new Manpower Law
Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor says the bill will address outsourcing, wage structure and the scope of labour protection, and that unions will have space to contribute before the deadline.
Employer groups warn RM3,100 minimum wage could put MSMEs under pressure
The call for a RM3,100 minimum wage has met resistance from employer groups, who warn the move could prove unsustainable for many MSMEs.
Singapore ties childcare leave to the number of children
Childcare Leave and Extended Childcare Leave will be merged into a single scheme scaled to the number of children, with employers reimbursed for the full duration of all child-related leave up to the existing cap.
Should people grow the organisation, or should the organisation grow its people?
Two Hong Kong practitioners took opposite starting positions on the same budget line – and both conceded that where an organisation sits in its cycle shapes the answer.
Poor sleep could cut nearly nine months from working life after 50
As employers look to retain older employees for longer, new research suggests sleep health could play a role, with severe sleep disturbances linked to a shorter working life after 50.
What workplace support for marrow donation looks like in practice
Nearly half of Singaporeans say workplace support shapes whether they would register as a marrow donor. What that support looks like in practice is still being worked out.
Malaysia reviews RM1,700 minimum wage as cost-of-living mount
Malaysia’s review of the RM1,700 minimum wage comes amid calls for wage policy to better reflect the rising cost of living and ensure employees can maintain a decent standard of living.
Ten years of poor health, and the workplace in the middle of it
Between a health span ending at 70 and a life expectancy of 80 sits a decade in poor health. At the inaugural AIA Healthcare Summit, the argument was that employers hold more of that decade than they think, and that fragmentation – not funding – is the constraint.
The technology is the easy part. Transformation stalls on the people.
Singapore’s S$400 million Enterprise Workforce Transformation Package is a bet that the workforce, not the tooling, is the missing piece of the AI.
Taiwan’s AI boom is showing up in the overtime data
Electronic components employees averaged 28.7 hours of overtime in June – more than three times the national average – as AI-driven orders reshape where Taiwan’s manufacturing hours are going.
Zuckerberg’s AI vision: More jobs, fewer workers and ‘personal superintelligence’
Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI manifesto argues that automation would not outpace human capability and outlines what that means for HR leaders.
The dull work built your senior people. Now AI does it first.
If AI absorbs the routine tasks juniors once cut their teeth on, where does the next generation of judgement come from? Dr Gary Ang, co-author of a new Asia Tech Alliance paper, on the pipeline problem HR is not yet planning for.
Employees in Hong Kong are among the world’s heaviest users of AI. Most have never been trained to use it.
Weekly AI use in Hong Kong runs at more than double the global average, but nearly 60% of employees have never received any AI training, an HKUST study of 3,722 professionals finds.
Malaysia urged to review wage structure beyond minimum pay to support income growth
The National Wages Consultative Council says employees earning just above the minimum wage are being left out of pay rises and that fresh graduates are starting on less than they did two decades ago.
CHRO Thailand 2026 to spotlight AI, talent and workforce transformation
From AI governance to talent retention and workforce productivity, CHRO Thailand 2026 will spotlight the pressing people challenges shaping the future of work in Thailand.
Retrenchments climb to five-year high as Singapore’s job market keeps growing
Singapore’s labour market remained resilient in Q2 2026 with employment continuing to grow despite a rise in retrenchments driven by business restructuring in key sectors.
Nearly eight in 10 employees in APAC use AI weekly. Only 7% of firms have scaled it
A new Asia Tech Alliance paper argues the region’s adoption lead will not translate into business results until organisations redesign the work itself and bring smaller employers along.
Fathers who take solo parental leave stay more involved at home, study finds
A five-year UK study of dual-career couples found that fathers who took sole responsibility for a baby during parental leave were still sharing childcare – and still shaping their working lives around it – years later.
Beyond execution: Why the AI revolution is scaling the human premium
As AI absorbs more of the execution in knowledge work, StarHub’s Tan Toi Chia argues the real transformation is happening in how work is designed – and in the human capabilities that never show up on a balance sheet.
AI reshapes hiring strategies as employers in Singapore expand cross-border talent search
New research finds employers in Singapore are widening their talent search across borders as AI reshapes hiring and doing so with less urgency than their global peers.
Different tools, same verdict: The AI question has moved on
JOBTOPGUN, Humanica and Darwinbox build different tools for different problems. At Thailand HR Tech 2026, all three drew the same line between what AI does and what only people can.
Where AI takes over, where humans stay – and where work simply changes
The era of intelligentisation demands specifics, not sweeping claims – on where AI helps, where it substitutes, and where human judgment must prevail.
For relocating families, a residence designed around the youngest guests
Family adjustment is one of the quieter determinants of whether an international assignment succeeds. A new limited-time apartment concept at Great World Residences turns its attention to the part of the household that is often hardest to settle: the children.
Fixing the workplace, not just the symptoms: Inside HSBC Singapore’s structural shift to employee wellbeing
Head of People Mukul Anand discusses moving beyond traditional coping mechanisms to embed genuine psychological safety and inclusive design into everyday operations.
Thailand studies broader early retirement scheme to reshape public sector workforce
Thailand is reviewing a voluntary early retirement scheme that could include younger civil servants, combining workforce restructuring with reskilling to modernise the public sector.
Nearly 80 million ASEAN employees could see jobs reshaped by GenAI, ILO finds
Almost one in four employees across ASEAN are employed in occupations exposed to generative AI, although only a small proportion face the highest risk of disruption, an ILO study found.
AI harmony is a design problem, not a technology one
Worawat Suvagondha, PMAT President and Chief People Officer of Siam Commercial Bank, on redesigning work around people – and the one capability he tells his own HR team never to lose.
Malaysia studies post-maternity leave allowance as maternity leave complaints decline
Malaysia is considering a post-maternity leave allowance after employer compliance improved under the country’s mandatory 98-day maternity leave policy.
Japan records third straight year of 5% wage growth as labour market remains resilient
Competitive pay remains firmly on Japan’s HR agenda, with employees securing wage increases above 5% for a third consecutive year.