Singapore Airlines scraps policy that sacks pregnant cabin crew
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines has scrapped its controversial policy which forced female flight attendants to quit when they became...
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- Jun 14
Jeff Bote: Aligning personal and company goals
New routines, new processes, and new human resource dynamics always spring from mergers. Such organisational change requires leadership...
- Jun 7
Viatris: Empowering a diverse workforce through collaboration
Organisational mergers mean changes and challenges for employees in terms of adapting to a new culture, structure, and performance. When...
- Mar 30
Digital financing platform offers USD 3.5 million in staff shares
SINGAPORE: SME digital financing platform Funding Societies has announced a fourth round of its Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP), worth...
- Mar 25
Five top tips for women juggling multi-hyphenated roles
HR ADVICE: As our final top tips special guest post to celebrate women leaders, Pauline Teo, Executive Director of Singapore-based...
- Mar 22
Slow progress on women in leadership: Carmen Wee
THE HR AGENDA: Singapore-based HR stalwart Carmen Wee says the region still has a problem with getting women into leadership and board...
- Mar 18
Survey: Workplace biases limit opportunities for women
SINGAPORE: Conscious and unconscious biases in workplaces are seen to constrict opportunities for females in leadership and technical...
- Mar 16
Singapore to introduce a new visa policy for foreign workers
SINGAPORE: From 2023, Singapore will introduce a new work permit approval system to help screen and approve foreign professionals, the...
- Mar 16
Lawmaker urges prioritising local manpower
INDONESIA: The empowerment of the domestic workforce must be prioritised in national infrastructure projects led by foreign contractors,...
- Mar 10
Trip.com claims highest gender equality in local travel sector
SINGAPORE: Locally-based travel services provider Trip.com Group says it leads the rejuvenating travel industry when it comes to female...
- Mar 4
Top 5 Tips: Ensuring women can access the leadership ranks
HR ADVICE: This special instalment of Chief of Staff Asia's Top Five Tips series comes ahead of International Women's Day on March 8....
- Mar 1
Singapore: Top five among employee-inclusive countries
SINGAPORE: The country placed fifth in a study that examined employee inclusion among almost 150 companies, across nine Asia-Pacific...
- Feb 22
Strategies needed to tap senior workforce potential
SINGAPORE: Better managing diversity and inclusion in businesses would enable the country to fully use its "longevity dividend", Minister...
- Feb 11
Government accused of overcharging for Covid tests
THAILAND: Activists have accused Thai authorities of profiteering and discrimination against migrant workers who are forced to take...
- Jan 14
Glovemaker Supermax improves foreign worker policies
MALAYSIA: Glove brand, Supermax Corp., has improved its human resources policies and presented a revised foreign worker management...
- Jan 14
Four trends that HR can expect in 2022: Chief of Staff report
RESEARCH: It's January, 2022 but there's no downtime for the HR profession in Southeast Asia. The latest report from Chief of Staff Asia,...
- Jan 7
Is it time to change hiring strategies and practices?
RECRUITMENT STRATEGY: Nearly two years after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world and we are seeing a drastic change in what people want...
- Dec 20, 2021
The best Southeast Asian cities to live and work in 2021
SOUTHEAST ASIA: Ranked accordingly, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, and Bangkok made it to the list of cities that expatriates...
- Dec 6, 2021
Women's group unhappy with Employment Act revisions
MALAYSIA: The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) is not pleased with the amendments to the Employment Act 1955, deeming that they fall short...
- Dec 3, 2021
Employers commend initiatives in the 2022 Budget
MALAYSIA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) praised the government for the provisions stated in the 2022 Budget. MEF president...
- Nov 22, 2021
SG to increase the retirement age and CPF contributions
SINGAPORE: Singaporean senior citizens may now continue working with the raise in retirement and re-employment ages that the law will...
- Nov 17, 2021
More job contracts for the disabled sought
THAILAND: The country’s labour ministry is hoping to generate 1,000 contracts from private companies to give disabled people more job...
- Nov 12, 2021
Working women will be key to pandemic recovery plan: ILO
PHILIPPINES: The International Labor Organization said that the Philippines needs a gender-responsive pandemic recovery plan because...
- Nov 3, 2021
More Asia leaders in PR firms but pay disparity still an issue
ASIA PACIFIC: While several major Public Relations firms have addressed historic imbalances across local markets by hiring Asians into...