Malaysia’s labour market sees improvements World

Malaysia’s labour market sees improvements

Malaysia’s labour market continued to see improvements in 2022 with the unemployment rate dropping to 3.9 % and a higher employment rate, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Labour market continues recovering in Q1 Business

Labour market continues recovering in Q1

Vietnam’s labour market continued to maintain recovery momentum in the first quarter of 2023, Deputy Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Trung Tien said at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.
Malaysia: Up to 60,000 people may lose jobs this year World

Malaysia: Up to 60,000 people may lose jobs this year

The Malaysian Employers Federation, the nation’s largest employers' group, fears that up to 60,000 people could lose their jobs this year, double the yearly average of the past, its President Syed Hussain Syed Husman has said.
Positive results obtained in insurance policy implementation Society

Positive results obtained in insurance policy implementation

Positive signs have been obtained in the implementation of social, health and unemployment insurance policies in the first month of 2023, according to Duong Van Hao, head of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS)'s Department of Contribution Collection – Insurance Book and Card.
Indonesia: Almost 1 million people lose jobs in 2022 World

Indonesia: Almost 1 million people lose jobs in 2022

According to the Indonesian Employers' Association (APINDO), almost 1 million people lost their jobs due to layoffs in the first 11 months of 2022. The data is based on the number of unemployment claims filed to the workers' social security agency, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.
Labour market sees fast recovery: Minister Society

Labour market sees fast recovery: Minister

The workforce of Vietnam has recovered quickly and the labour supply chain was not cracked down, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the National Assembly (NA)’s fourth session on October 28.
Continued payment for COVID-19-hit workers approved Society

Continued payment for COVID-19-hit workers approved

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a resolution on continued payment for workers in accordance with another dated September 24, 2021, by the NA Standing Committee on the issuance of policies in support of employees and employers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.