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Asian grocery chains Thai Kee Grocer Pty Ltd and G Grocer Kingsford Pty Ltd, both based in Sydney, have been imposed with a combined fine of $706,000. This fine resulted from underpaying a total of 146 employees, as discovered by investigations from the Fair…
Despite a dip in 2025 net profits, the United Overseas Bank (UOB) of Singapore plans to award approximately 6,000 junior staff members with a half-month base salary payout. This one-time payment aims to recognize their hard work and contributions amidst…
Nestlé, a global leader in the food and beverage industry, has recently announced plans for a significant reduction in its worldwide workforce. Over the next two years, the company intends to eliminate approximately 16,000 positions as part of its ‘Fuel for…
Employees at the BHV department store in Paris staged a demonstration on Friday to voice their disapproval of the recent decision by the store’s management to collaborate with fast-fashion retailer, Shein. The protest was triggered by the agreement to…
Facing labor shortages, businesses and factories in HCMC need around 310,000 workers this year should Covid be controlled. According to a recent survey by the HCMC Center of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (Falmi), the city’s labor…
Taseco Air Service JSC, owner of restaurants, duty-free shops, and advertising contractor at several airports across Vietnam, has posted a VND31.8 billion ($1.4 million) loss in Q1. This is the fourth consecutive quarter that the firm has reported a loss as…
With the beginning of next week, June 15, Apple will have some of its employees return to work at its headquarters in Cupertino. According to sources, the company has informed its staff that this will only apply for a small number of employees, while most…
Online fashion platform Zilingo has axed about 45 staff, including 30 in its Singapore head office, as it refocuses on Asia in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs represent about 5 percent of the company’s global workforce of 900. “Zilingo has…
Convenience-store chain 7-Eleven Thailand is recruiting 20,000 workers to make deliveries in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. With many Thai nationals, visitors and residents confining themselves to home in the interests of social distancing, and malls…
Japanese 7-Eleven parent Seven & I Holdings is preparing to cut 3000 jobs in its 2022 fiscal year. The move will be the firm’s largest payroll cut since it opened and reflects increasing competition from e-commerce and shopping malls, as well as chronic…
Operational staff for Hanoi’s first metro line has been trained, but its opening date remains up in the air. 86 of them are in the driving department, with 46 main drivers. The rest are substitute drivers and technicians. All drivers have been trained and…
Gucci’s Harbour City store has been closed for disinfecting after three staff members fell ill with measles within the last week. A Harbour City spokeswoman told that store staff advised mall management about the infections last evening and the Canton Road…
Miroglio Fashion is the women’s clothing arm of Miroglio Group – a 71-year-old Italian conglomerate operating in 22 countries. The group joined Workplace in 2016. Since then, says CEO Hans Hoegstedt, it has “revolutionized our way of working.” “Over the last…
With Vietnamese banks reporting substantial profits last year many of their employees are expecting higher Lunar New Year bonuses. The banking sector’s overall profit before tax increased by 40 percent year-on-year, according to the National Financial…
Nestlé has adopted Workplace by Facebook as its global internal communication tool, to connect its workforce and better serve consumers. The announcement comes as the latest and largest wave of staff join the platform, part of a process that began only nine…
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…
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