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The vibrant culinary scene in Hong Kong has taken another hit as Super Star Seafood Restaurant announced its closure this week. The notice, posted at the restaurant’s last remaining outlet in the Moko shopping centre, highlights the troubling landscape for…
The recent announcement by the National Wage Committee heralds a significant shift for workers in Thailand’s hospitality and entertainment sectors, as reported by Bangkok Post. About 700,000 employees are set to benefit from an impending 7.5% increase in the…
The Indonesian Government is on the brink of launching an ambitious wage subsidy program aimed at supporting low-income workers. Set to provide IDR150,000 (approximately US$9.23) monthly, this initiative targets those earning less than IDR3.5 million. It’s an…
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…
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…
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…
Discussions for the annual wage increase have started, and as expected, the business group at the table, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has come in with a relatively low offer of 5 percent for 2018. That would be down from the 7.3 percent hike…
