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Toyota Australia to axe 350 jobs at southern plant
February 04, 2012
The Australian arm of Japanese auto giant Toyota announced on 23 January that it would sack 350 workers at its southern auto plant, citing "unprecedented" pressure on its...
Company Employees Number, Toyota
Aeon to post 1,000 new grads in Asia
February 03, 2012
Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. plans to station more than 1,000 new employees, all college graduates, in China and Southeast Asia from this year to accelerate its overseas expansion, company...
Aeon Co., Business, Labor, Law
Singapore jobless rate falls to 14-year low
February 03, 2012
Singapore created 121,300 jobs last year, causing the unemployment rate to fall to 2 percent, a 14-year low. This put a further squeeze on the already-tight labour market and as a result, two out of...
Jakarta, Social Issues
72pc of listed firms in Japan reject pay-scale hike in wage talks
February 03, 2012
A total of 72.3 percent of listed firms polled in Japan rejected pay-scale hikes in this spring's wage talks, up 1 percentage point from the previous year, according to a private think tank. In a...
Japan
Taiwan's job openings increase by 3pc since CNY, says job bank
February 03, 2012
Job openings available on a Taiwanese online job bank have increased slightly by 3 percent since the Lunar New Year holiday, a 104 Job Bank official said on Wednesday. Between Jan. 30-31, the job...
bank, Person Career, Quotation
Japan's jobless rate, excluding disaster areas, fell to 4.5pc last year
February 02, 2012
Japan's unemployment rate, excluding areas hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami last March, dropped to an average of 4.5 percent in 2011 from 5.0 percent the previous year, reflecting the overall...
Natural Disaster, The Japan Times
HP director Babbio to leave board
February 01, 2012
Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday long-time director Larry Babbio Jr. will step down, as the technology giant continues to restructure its much-criticised board. Babbio, along with fellow directors...
Business, Employment Change, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP, Larry Babbio Jr., Person Career, Quotation
Taiwan's jobless rate dips to 3-year low of 4.18pc in Dec
February 01, 2012
Taiwan's jobless rate edged down 0.1 of a percentage point from a month earlier to 4.18 percent in December 2011, for the lowest level of its kind in three years and four months, according to...
Robert Walters expands Asia footprint with new Nanjing office
January 31, 2012
Robert Walters PLC, one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies, announced this month earlier the expansion of its Asian network with a new office in Nanjing, China....
Korea to expand support for hiring foreign workers
January 31, 2012
The South Korean government will expand financial support for small- and medium-sized enterprises that find it difficult to hire highly educated foreign workers due to budget constraints. The prime...
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