And total employment grew by a scanty 27,400. According to the Ministry of Manpower, employment creation has moderated slightly in the first quarter this year, though it remained fairly strong. Unemployment has risen slightly. The seasonally adjusted overall unemployment rate increased from 2.0% in December 2011 to 2.1% in March 2012… via Unemployment inched higher … Continue reading
Low salaries are the main reason that Taiwan has failed to retain local talent and attract skilled foreign workers, Pan Shih-wei, deputy minister of the country’s Council of Labor Affairs, said Friday. Pan made the remarks in response to a comment by Singapore’s deputy prime minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who recently singled Taiwan out as a … Continue reading
Despite a large share of Sweden’s senior work force en route for retirement in the next few years, Swedish companies are among the worst in the world at recruiting and keeping people over fifty in employment. According to a study carried out by recruitment agency Manpower, only eight percent of Swedish employers have a strategy … Continue reading
MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Gan Thiam Poh has called for a centralised agency to match short-handed companies with local workers. This was just one suggestion Mr Gan made to help Singaporeans, especially those in the lowest wage groups, find jobs. He also called for a union to look into the welfare of low-wage workers … Continue reading