Author: Josephine Tan

Malaysia’s Human Resources Ministry has unveiled a five-year roadmap to align its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system with international standards, as the […]

Retrenchments in Singapore rose to their highest level in more than five years in Q2 2026, even as the labour market continued to expand, according […]

Singapore’s finance sector may remain one of the region’s most attractive talent hubs, but new research from ACCA suggests employers are facing a workforce increasingly […]

Ageism in the workplace is often framed as a problem for those nearing retirement. A new report suggests the picture is more complicated – and […]

Malaysia will introduce hybrid working as the new standard for its civil service from 1 August 2026, allowing eligible public sector employees to work remotely […]

The new hire at KnowBe4 cleared the organisation’s screening process. Only after the laptop was switched on and began reaching out to a server in […]

Asia-Pacific has one of the world’s most AI-enabled workforces, but has yet to translate into enterprise-wide change. Weekly AI use among knowledge employees in the […]

Australia will expand its government-funded Paid Parental Leave scheme to a full six months from 1 July 2026, marking the final stage of a multi-year […]

Employees in Singapore saw real wage growth accelerate to 4% in 2025, up from 3.2% in 2024, according to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) latest […]

Fathers who spent part of their parental leave caring for their child alone were more likely to remain actively involved in childcare five years on, […]

For expanding multinationals, the playbook for evaluating new markets is undergoing a profound shift. Historically, cross-border expansion decisions relied almost entirely on market size, demographic […]

Despite a strong perception of pay fairness, a growing number of employees in Singapore remain dissatisfied with their salaries, highlighting widening expectations for recognition, career […]

Malaysia’s workforce is navigating a complex period, with rising retrenchment numbers drawing government attention even as robust hiring activity and a falling unemployment rate point […]

Malaysia is intensifying a five-year drive to build a national AI ecosystem, placing talent development alongside digital infrastructure, governance and industry readiness as the plan’s […]

South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix has removed academic qualification requirements from its recruitment process, signalling a significant shift towards skills-based hiring as competition for […]

AI adoption is changing not just what work gets done at organisations in Singapore, but where the people doing it are based, according to new […]

A new study has identified what researchers describe as a “gender criteria gap” in workplace evaluation, suggesting that women in leadership roles are judged more […]

CEO appointments across Asia-Pacific reached a five-year high in Q1 2026, as organisations increasingly leaned on internal leadership pipelines to navigate economic uncertainty and shifting […]

The conversation about AI in the workplace has moved on. The question is no longer whether organisations should adopt it, but how people and machines […]

Samsung Group is rolling out one of its most comprehensive internal AI initiatives to date, opening external generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini […]