Lucky to have a job Jessica Lim senses silent desperation at a job fair. A 200-STRONG queue of jobless people snaked around the circumference of a small room at the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) in Redhill from 1.30pm on Tuesday. Outside, banners – from employers like Carrefour and Sakae Sushi – shouted out… [Read more…]
September 9, 2008
A recent survey revealed that about 70% of UK employees want the legal right to request paid time off for training, while 53% say they would be likely to use it. The YouGov survey, conducted by the TUC and Unionlearn, revealed workers aged 18 to 24 were the strongest supporters of this move. It was also reported… [Read more…]
September 2, 2008
Pregnant workers will have further protection by discriminatory practices from January 2009. It has been reported that employers who discharge pregnant workers without justification within the last two trimesters of their pregnancy will still have to pay the axed employees their maternity benefits. Asia News Network reports that these rules enhance the current regulations which… [Read more…]
August 6, 2008
Looks like Malaysia isn’t the only country which boleh! It has been reported that Asian workers in Kuwait are on strike, mainly because of abuse from their employers. Justice Minister Hussein al-Huraiti was reported to have said that employers have been delaying and/or deducting payments to workers, as well as failing to provide suitable housing,… [Read more…]
July 24, 2008
Apparently, Malaysians aren’t the only workers walking around in hushed secrecy when it comes to how much they earn. According to this column in the Guardian UK, about a third of British employers muzzle their employees on the matter. And, apparently, this has given rise to pay discrepency between the sexes. Of course, that has… [Read more…]
July 14, 2008
While I was totally envious of British employees because of this, some research online dispelled the myth that UK employees have a legal right to flexible working. Nope, they just have the legal right to request for flexible working hours under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA). What it boils down to, in a nutshell,… [Read more…]
July 2, 2008
In an audit a year after it came into force, the Hankyoreh found a South Korean law ‘The Contractual and Part-time Worker Protection Act’, aimed at protecting irregular workers there, not as effective as planned. The law was required employers to hire, after two years’ of service, part-time contract workers on the same basis as… [Read more…]
June 29, 2008
According to the Straits Times Singapore, one in five employers on the island nation has concern that the supply of local talent is falling short, as more Singaporeans seek other shores for employment. The newspaper report stated that the survey, conducted by HR powerhouse, Manpower, revealed that employers in Taiwan were most concerned (64%) concerned… [Read more…]
September 12, 2008
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