The number of people employed saw its sharpest spike in nearly 22 years in January month-on-month and was partly attributable to government spending.
Foreign workers would send back the surplus of their salaries to their home countries, instead of spending their earnings in Malaysia, says employers group.
A US$100 million special emergency loan scheme will help SMEs and the agriculture and agro-industry sectors get through the pandemic.
84% of fresh graduates were employed in full-time jobs within six months of completing their exams, an increase from 69.8% in 2020 and 81.7% in 2019.
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The Jamin Kerja Keluarga Malaysia initiative will create 600,000 jobs with a budget of RM4.8 billion (US$1.14 billion).
Incentives that are based on employees' use of sick leave will be deemed as "unfair practice", says the Manpower Minister.
The number of jobs in the country reached 8.53 million jobs in the fourth quarter of 2021, the highest number recorded during the pandemic period.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong has said the minimum wage, frozen at HK$37.50 (US$4.8) since 2019, may be raised this year.
S$8.6 billion in loans was provided to 12,600 companies in 2021, compared to S$18 billion to 21,000 companies in 2020.
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The move is designed to strike the right balance between retaining the standard of living for low-wage workers and meeting the needs of businesses.
Some 22% of company boards also do not have a single woman on them, while less than one in five CEOs are female, a report has found.
The Labour Ministry is expected to approve the country’s daily minimum wage from 336 baht (US$10.2) to a flat rate of 492 baht (US$15.0).
Employees have suffered as much as employers during the pandemic, said the Labour Law Reform Coalition.
The handouts will exclude workers who lost their jobs before the current wave of outbreaks began last December.
The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in December from 4.3% in the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported.
About 49% of employers in the database of Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) pay super on their parental leave scheme.
In recent weeks, the number of furloughed workers in Taiwan has hovered around 10,000, which indicates a stable trend, said an official.
Corporations have been spending less of their profits on wages since the end of the bubble economy about 30 years ago, a government study finds.
Employers have been told to avoid face-to-face meetings for now, and are encouraged to help their workers undergo regular COVID-19 tests.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said the unprecedented return of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is creating growing challenges.
Workers will not be required to present memos from general practitioners (GPs) to prove that they have recovered from COVID-19 infections.
The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said the proposed increase in the national minimum wage to RM1,500 (US$359) will shutter struggling businesses.
Prior to this, the authorities had said that those who were unemployed could get help from existing social welfare schemes.
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Businesses should have procedures for staff to work longer hours to cover the work of their colleagues as Omicron cases rise, said a tripartite advisory.
WHO also highlighted some positives from teleworking, which was found to have a positive effect on self-reported health.
If House Bill 10717 is enacted, it could be against the law for employers to contact their staff outside working hours.
The ratio of job availability stood at 1.13 in 2021, indicating that there were 113 openings for every 100 jobseekers, down 0.05 points from 2020.