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Retail Asia09/12/2022

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Roughly one year ago, when the Covid pandemic hard hit southern factories, Trinh and many other garment workers in the southern province of Binh Duong covered a distance of nearly 2,000 km to return to their hometown, the central province of Thanh Hoa. After Tet (Lunar New Year holiday) in early 2022, she intended to seek a […]

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Retail Asia21/06/2022

Former Tesla Inc employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of the job cuts. The lawsuit was filed late Sunday in Texas by two workers who said they were terminated from […]

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Retail Asia16/05/2022

Amazon Australia will now permit employees to bring their pooches to work at its Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra offices. The global Dogs at Work (DAW) program currently has 8000 registered pooches. Having dogs at the workplace is shown to reduce stress levels, increase interaction between employees and boost morale. Independent research commissioned by Amazon Australia […]

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Retail Asia04/04/2022

Alphabet Inc unit Waymo said on Wednesday it has started offering driverless rides to employees in San Francisco, accelerating a race with General Motors Co-backed rival Cruise to commercialize the technology in the dense city. Waymo also introduced autonomous rides to employees in downtown Phoenix with safety drivers behind the wheel, with a goal to […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2022

Taxi company Vinasun laid off more than 2,500 employees, including some 1,800 drivers last year with the Covid-19 pandemic causing the business to shrink significantly. According to its newly released financial report, Vinasun had 1,877 employees at the end of 2021, down more than 2,500 people against the beginning of the year. It laid off […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2022

Manufacturing and tech companies are rushing to recruit workers as foreign companies show rising interest in setting up or expanding their factories in Vietnam. Electronics manufacturer Jabil Vietnam is recruiting 500 workers in Ho chi Minh City, with a bonus of VND3.3 million ($145.62) promised to each new employee. Other companies in Saigon Hi-Tech Park […]

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Retail Asia16/12/2021

Almost two years have passed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that does not mean that things have cooled off. That is why companies, including those in the tech industry, are still practicing the work-from-home approach when it comes to their employees. It seems, though, that some of the major players in the […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2021

Vietnam’s unemployment rate rose to 3.72 percent in Q3, the highest since early 2020 when the novel coronavirus was first detected in the country. The rate was calculated among the working-age population, defined as those aged 15-60 for men and 15-55 for women, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Vietnam had around 49.2 million […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Surprise surprise, Apple Store employees will receive a hefty $1000 bonus this year. The good news for Apple employees was first reported by Bloomberg. Those who joined the company before March of this year will receive a $1000 bonus. Newer employees will receive $500, which is still a pretty good sum. This information comes from reliable sources […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

Apple CEO Tim Cook once again made it clear that he is not happy with those who work at Apple and have a side hustle selling leaked information to those who pass these secrets on to Twitter tipsters and others. Cook wrote an email to employees last week and naturally, that missive leaked. Cook said […]

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Retail Asia29/07/2021

Apple is recruiting 25 people in Vietnam, mostly for posts pertaining to operations and supply chain. Most of the job opportunities had been posted on Apple’s career website this month. On July 23 and 29, the U.S. tech giant posted information for the three posts of new product introduction-operation program manager (NPI OPM). Most of […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2021

One of the first things Tony Fernandes wants to do after the company is back in business is to rehire every staff he had to let go during the Covid-19 crisis, even as he remains confident the airline is set to come out much stronger. The AirAsia Group’s CEO said having survived the last 15 […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2021

The bank has outlined a vision for its approach to flexible and hybrid-location working and will give its employees the opportunity and choice to return to the office. HSBC Singapore’s Future of Work plans will be underpinned by ensuring customer focus; flexibility for how, when, and where employees work; and ensuring that its offices are designed and […]

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Retail Asia08/01/2021

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India has initiated a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for the company’s permanent employees. The decision comes in the middle of challenging market conditions and a downturn in the Indian economy, although the automotive industry has seen somewhat of a bounceback after the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The VRS will run from […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2020

AirAsia India is expected to let go of several of its employees as its part-owner, AirAsiaBerhad struggles to maintain its group operations across regions following the outbreak of coronavirus. AirAsia Berhad is set to reduce up to 30 percent of its workforce across regions including its Indian operations which it part-owns with Tata Sons as […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2020

Global coffee giant Starbucks has announced a US$10 million fund to support its partners (employees) around the world impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The Starbucks Global Partner Emergency Relief Programme marks the first time both company-operated and international licensed market store partners across Starbucks will be able to access hardship grants. In company-operated markets such […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2020

French automotive group PSA, maker of the Peugeot and Citroen brands, said in a statement it will repatriate expat staff and their families from the Wuhan area in China, which is at the center of an outbreak of coronavirus. It said that 38 people would be evacuated and that the initiative will be executed in […]

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Retail Asia10/10/2019

HSBC Holdings said it is sticking with hiring plans for its wealth business in Asia following the surprise exit of two senior executives who pushed for the strategy. The London-based bank with a strong franchise in Asia wants to hire more than 600 staffers by the end of 2022 for the business in the Asia-Pacific […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2019

Subway has said it could terminate franchisees that fail to meet their financial responsibilities amid an investigation launched by the Fair Work Ombudsman into the underpayment of its workers. The sandwich retailer said franchisees are required to meet regulatory, financial, workplace and employment requirements, and failure to do so could lead to disciplinary action. “Failing […]

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Retail Asia12/08/2019

Japanese auto giant Nissan announced earlier this week that it will downsize its workforce globally by firing 12,500 employees. This includes the manufacturer’s India operations as well. A report by ETAuto now states that over 1700 employees from the Indian subsidiary will be axed from the company, contributing 13.68 per cent to the total job cuts. However, […]

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