Last month, South Korean voters elected Yoon Seok-youl as their next president. It was a hotly contested race, which Yoon won by a razor-thin margin of just 0.7 percent.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the youth unemployment rate in Indonesia. It has also affected the employment opportunities for young people (18-29 years old) with disabilities (PWD).In February 2021, Statistics Indonesia noted that the total number of persons with disabilities who were of working age was 17.7 million, with 7.8 million employed.
Southeast Asia has shown an improvement in the number of women in leadership roles.
It is already apparent that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be uneven, with poorer countries bearing the brunt of the fallout. This includes the 1.2 million children in Bangladesh who are engaged in the harshest forms of child labour. In such uncertain times, these children – and millions of others elsewhere – are even more vulnerable to exploitative and hazardous work. The reason is simple.
Although COVID-19 infections and deaths are surging in many parts of the world, recent announcements of apparently successful vaccine trials have offered a light at the end of the tunnel.
A recent index by Kisi, a cloud-based security developer titled, “Cities With the Best Work-Life Balance 2020,” ranks cities from around the world which offer the best work-life balance to their people by comparing data on work intensity, legislation and liveability.The index assesses each city’s overall work-life score based on measures such as the amount of time a person dedicates to their job including total working hours, percentage of the overworked population, commuting times a
Indonesia has an issue as far as meeting the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution go. The quickly evolving landscape and potential demands on the country’s workforce is shaping into a real concern.
According to US-based management consulting firm, McKinsey, Generation Z (Gen Z) is the cohort born between 1995 and 2010, and are currently between the ages of nine and 24-years old.Gen Z is entering the workforce and business leaders must stay ahead to harness this new wave’s talents and appeal to their interests.According to an article by data and measurement firm, Nielsen titled, ‘How to engage with Generation Z in Vietnam,’ Gen Z will account for 25 percent of the labour workforce in the
The gig economy refers to the hiring of independent contractors and short-term workers by businesses. Talents that make up the gig economy are usually called freelancers, gig-workers, independent contractors and free agents.In recent years, more professionals are joining the gig economy to look for additional income or a change of pace in work.Technology is enabling gig economy workers to take on extra or freelance work from anywhere in the world.
A report titled, “Global Childhood Report 2019” released by United Kingdom (UK)-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Save the Children, found that Singapore took the lead in terms of providing a safe and fostering environment for children. Whereas countries like Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines performed the worst in the bloc.
The world has been struggling with the COVID-19 outbreak which has already damaged the global economy, and ASEAN is not an exception.
In Southeast Asia, there is a growing number of women rising through the ranks, starting companies and deciding on industry policy. Despite these achievements, women, especially mothers, still experience discrimination at work. According to a survey by the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) in Malaysia, more than 40 percent of women in the workforce experience pregnancy discrimination.
