DBS, Olam International and Marriott Vacations Club share top honours as Kincentric Best Employers in Indonesia for 2021
Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb 10, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DBS, Olam International and Marriott Vacations Club Worldwide have emerged as Indonesia’s Best Employers in 2021, according to Kincentric’s premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrated outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. DBS has earned the honours for the third consecutive year, Marriott Vacations... » read more
Hong Kong 2021 Kincentric Best Employers DBS, Hilti Demonstrate Exceptionally High Levels of Agile Leadership and Employee Engagement
HONG KONG, Dec 17, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Demonstrating organizational agility, leadership transformation and a high level of employee engagement, DBS and Hilti have been named as 2021 Best Employers in Hong Kong, according to Kincentric’s premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrate outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. Employee Engagement, Organisational... » read more
Employers to get Wage Credit Scheme payouts in March next year
SINGAPORE – Employers can look forward to the next tranche of Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) payouts in March next year. To qualify, they will have to pay the mandatory Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions on this year’s wages for their qualifying employees to the CPF Board by Jan 14, said the Ministry of Finance and... » read more
Organisational Agility, Leadership Transformation, Employee Engagement help DBS, Olam International to be Kincentric Regional Best Employers 2021 in APAC
Singapore, Dec 14, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – DBS and Olam International Limited have been named as Regional Best Employers in 2021 for the Asia Pacific region, according to Kincentric’s premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrate outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. DHL Express (Middle East), The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company and Intact Financial Corporation (North America) and... » read more
DBS, Woh Hup named Kincentric Best Employers in Singapore for 2021
Singapore, Dec 10, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DBS and Woh Hup (Private) Limited have emerged as Singapore’s Best Employers in 2021, according to Kincentric’s premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrate outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. While DBS has been named Kincentric Best Employer for the sixth time in Singapore and... » read more
Dispute management office helps recover $13m in claims for owed salaries, wrongful dismissal
SINGAPORE – Employees who made claims for owed salaries or wrongful dismissal between April last year and March this year managed to recover $13 million in total from their employers. About 93 per cent of the 4,556 employees who made claims fully recovered their salaries or received compensation from their employers. Their cases were resolved... » read more
Kitakerja.my Seeks Malaysians to Join Job Matching Initiative Assisting B40 Group
PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, Aug 24, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Kitakerja.my, a social initiative focusing on matching Malaysian jobseekers in the Bottom-40 (“B40”) income bracket to domestic employers, is calling for more Malaysians to join hands in building an ecosystem of jobseekers and employers while at the same time assisting in the economic... » read more
$2.2 billion in JSS payouts to support wages of over 2 million employees from June 30
SINGAPORE – Over 140,000 employers will receive Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) payouts totalling more than $2.2 billion from June 30. This will support the wages of over 2 million local employees, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras), in a statement released on Tuesday (June 22). With this payout,... » read more
Singapore employers adopting wait-and-see approach on hiring, say observers
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s labour market may be recovering, but many employers are still adopting a wait-and-see approach before going all out in the hiring game. Companies navigating the highly uncertain economic outlook are understandably cautious, said observers, as the pandemic will be a long and costly battle. Business volumes for some sectors will be unable... » read more
Three new features on national job portal to weed out discriminatory hiring
SINGAPORE – Three new features have been rolled out on the national jobs portal MyCareersFuture to strengthen progressive hiring practices among employers. A key thrust of the portal is to “provide as many job seekers as possible a fair chance at the roles advertised”, said Workforce Singapore (WSG), the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive... » read more