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.
Leadership Awareness Program: An Exclusive 3-Day Workshop by Aspire
This exclusive, invitation-only 3-day Leadership Growth Experience is designed for 20 senior HR leaders. Through experiential learning and guided reflection, participants will strengthen self-awareness, uncover blind spots, and develop the clarity and confidence to lead with greater impact.
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.
Early-career talent: The missing link in future-ready organisations
The path to becoming future-ready runs through early-career talent, but many organisations are deprioritising this talent pool.
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.
AI made work faster. It didn’t make it better.
Accenture’s global talent lead argues that most organisations have mistaken deploying AI for transforming with it – and a small group of “Talent Reinventors” is pulling away.
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.
Nominations open for HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2026
Nominations are now open for HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2026, inviting organisations across Asia to showcase the HR solutions and services trusted by the region’s HR community.
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.
Malaysia bets on global recognition to futureproof its TVET system
Malaysia is strengthening workforce competitiveness through new initiatives to internationalise its TVET system and enhance global recognition of vocational qualifications.
The skills that built engineering careers won’t build its future leaders
AtkinsRéalis Cindy Chiu on the qualities reshaping engineering leadership, and what will separate organisations that build a future-ready workforce from those that struggle to compete for talent.
Most leaders agree sustainability matters. Far fewer know what to do with it.
In the latest episode of AsiaHRM’s Sustainability for Business Series, Riverwood Climate Solutions’ Spencer Liu made the case that sustainability has moved out of the ESG report and into core business decisions – and that governance, not ambition, is where most organisations stall.
Your job is changing – even if you never change jobs
In an interview with HRM Asia, LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman explains why AI is rewriting work at every level, and what it signals for how employers hire, develop and structure talent.
Younger employees get harassed. Older employees get overlooked.
New research finds discrimination and harassment hit younger employees hardest, while older employees are quietly shut out of development and career support – and gender and caring duties sharpen the divide.
Malaysia adopts hybrid work as new norm for civil servants from August
Eligible civil servants in Malaysia will be allowed to work remotely for up to two days a week under a new hybrid policy.
Australia expands paid parental leave to six months in boost for working families
Eligible parents in Australia will receive six months of government-funded Paid Parental Leave from July, reinforcing family-friendly workplaces and gender equality.
The CHRO’s impossible mandate: Move fast on AI, slow down on risk
Most organisations have not built the muscle to manage both AI and risk simultaneously, which means the CHRO ends up carrying it personally.
More women are being recruited into engineering. So why is progress still slow?
Cindy Chiu, Human Resources Director, Asia at AtkinsRéalis, on why attracting more women into engineering has not closed the gap – and what redesigning careers and workplaces would take.
AI is a sustainability tool. It is also a sustainability cost.
In the latest episode of AsiaHRM’s Sustainability for Business Series, Carbon Linking’s Mabel Chan made the case that the technology helping organisations cut waste is quietly running up an energy and water bill of its own – and that leaders need to count both sides.
Deliberate, not delayed: Why Gen Zs and millennials in Singapore are rewriting the rules of career success
Singapore’s younger workforce is redefining ambition, and Deloitte’s Mark Nicholas Teoh says employers must adapt to their changing expectations.
Malaysia has the AI tools. The harder question is whether its workforce can use them
Over the next five years, Malaysia will strengthen its AI ecosystem through talent development, governance frameworks, and enterprise adoption.
In South Korea’s most credentialed job market, SK hynix drops the degree
The world’s top maker of AI memory chips says growth and potential – not diplomas – will decide who it hires.
Four ways CHROs must redefine HR’s value as AI redefines work
Organisations need HR to help determine what work humans should do in the age of AI; here are four ways HR leaders can help define that work.
Building a regional champion through a high-capability ASEAN workforce
An employee satisfaction score of +60, against an Asian telco average of +29. EdgePoint Infrastructure’s Chee Wi-Lyn, Executive Vice-President of People and Corporate Office and Co-Founder, on the talent strategies behind the number.
Singapore’s AI upskilling push: It is time to bring the frontline along
While AI adoption is rising rapidly in Singapore, Rachel Chen of J&T Express warns that frontline employees risk being left behind without targeted upskilling.
Thailand’s HR community explores human-centred AI at annual HR technology event
Thailand HR Tech 2026 brings HR leaders, executives and technology providers to Bangkok to discuss leadership, workforce transformation, and AI.
Samsung’s AI overhaul starts in the boardroom – then reaches every employee
Samsung is integrating generative AI tools across its workforce, pairing leadership training with a broader push toward organisational transformation.