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[Hong Kong] 2,000 imported workers will ease care home staff shortages

[Hong Kong] 2,000 imported workers will ease care home staff shortages [Hong Kong] 2,000 imported workers will ease care home staff shortages

Care homes are exempt from completing a four-week local recruitment period before applying to import employees, under the programme.
06 Apr 2022
[Australia] Food delivery companies trial new ways to improve gig economy

[Australia] Food delivery companies trial new ways to improve gig economy [Australia] Food delivery companies trial new ways to improve gig economy

Customers can still place their orders from participating restaurants through UberEats but the delivery riders are paid an hourly wage.
04 Apr 2022
[Australia] Expats have another year to get tax affairs in order

[Australia] Expats have another year to get tax affairs in order [Australia] Expats have another year to get tax affairs in order

The Board of Taxation has long intended to remove ambiguity around when an Australian citizen living overseas is no longer...
01 Apr 2022
[Bangladesh] Migrant workers will have access to social security and easy loans

[Bangladesh] Migrant workers will have access to social security and easy loans [Bangladesh] Migrant workers will have access to social security and easy loans

The state-owned Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) has decided to lower the interest rate of migration loans to 8 per cent,...
01 Apr 2022
[Thailand] Phuket governor’s 10,000 job creation campaign

[Thailand] Phuket governor’s 10,000 job creation campaign [Thailand] Phuket governor’s 10,000 job creation campaign

The governor said the job roles will focus on cleaning Phuket and the landscape.
25 Mar 2022
[Malaysia] ‘Half-hearted’ bill to amend Employment Act must be reviewed

[Malaysia] ‘Half-hearted’ bill to amend Employment Act must be reviewed [Malaysia] ‘Half-hearted’ bill to amend Employment Act must be reviewed

Mr Santiago said this implied that only around half of the 9.4 million wage earners in Malaysia would be covered...
24 Mar 2022
[New Zealand] Casino tells COVID positive staff to use sick leave despite wage subsidy

[New Zealand] Casino tells COVID positive staff to use sick leave despite wage subsidy [New Zealand] Casino tells COVID positive staff to use sick leave despite wage subsidy

Unite Union organiser Mike Treen said the union had written to SkyCity in January looking for assurances that sick leave...
22 Mar 2022
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