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Retail Asia17/07/2023

Thanh Tung thought his job interview went well and his unemployment would finally end, but he was eventually turned down for the position because he was “too old.” The 37-year-old game artist in Go Vap District, HCMC was laid off at the beginning of the year, only a few months after he started working for […]

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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 Asia03/02/2023

Hoang Tu said his “American Dream” lasted only six months. He was let go from Google two days before the Lunar New Year. “This is the worst Tet (Lunar New Year) of my life,” he said. The 27-year-old joined Google’s new project development team in Silicon Valley last year after passing a series of rigorous interviews. This Tet, […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2022

We’ve closely monitored the events at Foxconn’s largest iPhone assembly facility in Zhangzhou, China. The factory reportedly produces half of the iPhone units made worldwide, and this year the plant is turning out iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models. But production has slowed thanks to the exodus of workers who weren’t enamored […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2022

With her company planning to cut its payroll from 300 to 20, Ngoc has a constant dread of being fired, and does not even dare take sick leave. “Everyone goes to work with a constant worry, not knowing who will be fired next,” she says. She returns home at 9 p.m. after four straight shifts. […]

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Retail Asia17/08/2022

Textile and electronics companies are cutting overtime and working hours to their workers’ dismay as global consumer demand fall. Tran Thu Huong and her husband were working at a garment factory in HCMC’s Go Vap District when last month, their income fell by 20% to VND15 million ($640.75) as new orders shrunk. Huong said their […]

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Retail Asia05/08/2022

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say, as retailers and warehouses grapple with rising inventory amid a global fall in consumer spending. America’s largest warehouse market is full and major U.S. retailers such as Best Buy and Target Corp warn of slowing sales as shoppers […]

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Retail Asia11/11/2021

Footwear maker PouYuen Vietnam, the largest employer in HCMC, faces a shortage of workers after 6 percent quit due to Covid-19 restrictions and resultant problems. The Taiwanese company, a supplier to Adidas and Reebok, has sought the city’s support for finding new workers, according to the HCMC Media Center. Its plant, situated in Binh Tan […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2021

Workers’ Union at Kia Motors has voted to accept the company’s wage proposals without a strike for the first time in 10 years. According to a report from IANS, the carmaker said that 68 percent of 26,945 workers have voted in favor of the wage, which includes an increase of 75,000 won ($64.30) in monthly […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2021

UBS will allow up to two-thirds of its staff to permanently split working hours between home and the office, in hopes that the approach could help outdo U.S. rivals in requirement. An internal analysis of the 72,000-strong global workforce identified that around two-thirds had roles that were fit for hybrid working, according to a report citing […]

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Retail Asia18/03/2021

Forty-five percent of Vietnamese are worried about losing their jobs to machines in the future, a survey has found. Most respondents, 83 percent, think technology would change their jobs in the next 3-5 years, and 90 percent think that would happen in the next 6-10 years, according to the survey by global accounting giant PwC, […]

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Retail Asia16/03/2021

Thirty-five percent of businesses had to let staff go after being hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which disrupted supply chains, a survey has found. The dwindling number of workers was one of the four major difficulties businesses faced during the pandemic, the others being difficulties in approaching customers and disruptions in cash […]

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Retail Asia26/02/2021

Several localities have reported demand for thousands of workers as manufacturers seek to scale up production. In some industrial parks in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong, hundreds of companies have put up hiring notices this week. South Korean textile firm Taekwang Vina in Dong Nai is looking for 3,000 workers as […]

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Retail Asia27/10/2020

Though foreign firms continue to dominate the best workplace list, things are changing with more and more Vietnamese companies making the cut. The latter accounted for half of this year’s top 20 in the 100 Best Places to Work survey released on Thursday by career network service Anphabe and market researcher Intage Vietnam. Vietnamese dairy […]

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Retail Asia19/10/2020

Average wages at multinationals and domestic enterprises in Vietnam respectively rose 6.5 percent and 5.2 percent this year, the lowest levels in a decade. Over the past 10 years, average salaries in both groups had risen at least 8 percent a year, according to a report by human resources solutions firm Talentnet Vietnam and American […]

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Retail Asia01/06/2020

French carmaker Renault is poised to announce 15,000 layoffs worldwide on Friday as it unveils a plan to boost its profitability and cope with faltering sales, a representative for the CFDT union said after meeting with the company. Some 4,500 jobs would go in France, though largely through a voluntary departure plan and a retirement […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2020

Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday informed its California customers that it would switch to providing estimates as opposed to fixed prices for its rides in response to a new law that makes it harder to qualify its drivers as contractors. In an email sent out to riders and seen by Reuters the company said the […]

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Retail Asia09/12/2019

Vietnam should improve its workforce quality and create better jobs if it’s to escape the middle-income trap, experts say. As of 2018, only 12 percent of jobs in Vietnam were high-skilled, while 54 percent were medium-skilled jobs and the remaining 34 percent were low skilled ones, Valentina Barcucci, an economist with the International Labour Organization […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2019

High rollers from China in the Philippines are in Beijing’s sights as the Chinese Embassy asks Manila to end the illegal employment of Chinese nationals in the country’s gaming industry. The Chinese government will carry out more special operations aimed at preventing and combating cross-border gambling and is targeting the Philippines, the leading offshore center […]

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Retail Asia18/06/2018

The way “gig workers” are paid and protected might be about to change, as a result of legal proceedings brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Ombudsman alleges that food-delivery platform Foodora underpaid three workers by A$1620.74, plus superannuation, in a four-week period. The Ombudsman argues that while Foodora engaged these workers as independent contractors, they […]

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