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Retail Asia05/03/2024

Singapore will raise the salary criteria for foreign executives and professionals that companies can hire starting next year, the government announced on Monday. From January next year, foreigners must earn S$5,600 ($4,170) or more a month – up from the current S$5,000 – to qualify for the so-called employment passes typically granted to high-paid professionals. […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2024

Many Gen Z people are struggling to find jobs as businesses scale down operations amid the economic downturn. Ho Chi Minh City has over 300,000 businesses, but none of them were willing to hire Thanh Nga, 25, last year. “I have experience in customer service but was not able to find a job after submitting […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2023

The Lao Government has decided to raise the monthly minimum wage from LAK1.2 million (nearly US$70) to LAK1.3 million starting May 1 to ease workers’ difficulties amid soaring inflation and economic uncertainties. The decision was made at the Lao Government’s meeting held on April 25 – 26 under the chair of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. […]

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Retail Asia13/06/2022

Delivery workers earn the highest salaries among the five largest groups of workers as companies compete with each other amid a shortage of candidates, a study has found. They get an average post-social distancing salary of VND10.1 million ($435.82) a month, 11 percent more than the next group, factory workers (VND9.1 million), according to recruitment […]

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Retail Asia22/03/2022

The minimum wage – minimum living standard gap has been widening for years, but there is no solution in sight as workers struggle to make ends meet. Vietnam first introduced the “minimum living standard” term in its 2012 Labor Law, which requires that the minimum wage must meet the minimum living standard. A decade later, […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2021

A transient drive right by the border from Dyson’s contemporary headquarters in Singapore is the boomtown constructed round its enterprise: a Malaysian industrial declare dominated by its finest supplier, ATA IMS Bhd (ATAI.KL). ATA, one amongst Malaysia’s high electronics manufacturing companies and products suppliers, rode Dyson’s success in excessive-close vacuum cleaners and air purifiers, supplying […]

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Retail Asia07/08/2020

Starbucks Japan has teamed with Think Lab to launch a store concept in Tokyo where customers can “focus”. The first floor is designed as a normal Starbucks’ cafe where customers can order by phone and pay via an app. Upstairs, on the second floor is a working area called Smart Lounge for solo visitors or […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2020

Sales of home-furnishing products in Singapore have more than doubled in the two months spanning February 1 to March 31. Data from fintech research firm Revolut suggests the 105 percent increase in sales has been brought on by Singaporeans setting up home offices in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Furniture retailers Courts saw growth of […]

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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 Asia25/04/2019

Australian workplaces have a long way to go in promoting diversity and inclusion, as a recent survey by recruitment company Hays revealed that nearly a half (45 per cent) of Australian professionals have experienced bullying or harassment at work due to gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, with the […]

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Retail Asia12/04/2019

The minimum wage increase announced by the government last December is set to kick in on April 1. Starting Monday, the adult minimum wage will rise from the current rate of $16.50 per hour to $17.70 per hour. This means that businesses that have adult employees earning less than $17.70 an hour are legally required […]

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Retail Asia25/02/2019

With increasing demand for pilots as they expand, Vietnamese airlines have had to raise salaries, spend more on training and hire foreign pilots. Figures from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam show that by 2020 Vietnam will need a total of 2,680 pilots for commercial flights, 1,320 more than now. Vietnam Airlines, the country’s flag […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2019

Vietnam has for the first time entered the Bloomberg Innovation Index of the world’s 60 most innovative economies. It scored 45.92 out of 100 in the 2019 index. Other new entrants include India, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg said: “The index analyzes dozens of criteria using seven metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and […]

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Retail Asia21/01/2019

Japan is expected to receive more Vietnamese workers this year, having become the most attractive labor export market in 2018. Last year marked the first time Japan became the most popular destination for Vietnamese migrant workers with over 68,700 people finding jobs there, beating Taiwan with nearly 60,400 people and South Korea with over 6,500, […]

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Retail Asia02/01/2019

SsangYong Motor said Monday that it has rehired 60 percent of workers who were sacked amid the carmaker’s restructuring efforts over a decade ago. The maker of the Rexton and Tivoli SUVs has been mired in protracted disputes with those who left the company against their will in 2009 after it was placed under court receivership. […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2018

WeWork, a global shared work space provider, said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Busan to make inroads into the country’s second-largest city next year. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the southeastern port city on Monday with a plan to open its first Busan branch in the Seomyeon area by […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2017

As apparel and footwear industries rely heavily on outsourcing, sportswear companies have faced growing scrutiny. Adidas executive Aditi Wanchoo is on a mission – to wipe out any slavery in the German sportswear company’s supply chain, and she hopes giving workers the technology to speak out will help. With a background in corporate social responsibility […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2017

86 percent of garment workers could lose their jobs in the coming decades, according to the International Labor Organization. Vietnam’s workforce is made up largely of untrained and low-skilled workers who are at high risk of being replaced by automation and robots in the near future, labor experts said at a conference in Hanoi on […]

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Retail Asia08/12/2016

Starbucks Vietnam and The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit international development organization, today announced a one-year vocational training program in Hanoi to prepare young people from disadvantaged backgrounds for careers in Vietnam’s fast-growing food and beverage industry. The Starbucks Vocational Training program will engage 50 youth between the ages of 18 and 24, including those who […]

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