Google has not specified how many employees will be laid off, but said some will be able to apply for internal roles.

The virtual cashier service highlights a growing trend among restaurants that are turning to such a method to cut costs and address staff shortages.

Employees will also be entitled to ask for other arrangements such as flexible work locations and staggered work timings come the end of this year.

The government’s ongoing public-sector job cuts have resulted in the worst-ever employment market, recruiters say.

Two-month trial scheme will cover around 100 sites with workers receiving points for safety breaches.

Broadcaster RTHK has highest vacancy rate at 23.8 per cent – 175 jobs – unfilled; police force tops the numbers game with 6,837 posts open, almost 18 per cent of establishment.

As the country’s general election nears, politicians face a sobering reality: the fastest-growing economy is struggling to create enough jobs for its educated youth.

Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the female labour force.

Retail and travel industry representatives say authorities should draw up strategies to support retailers through the mega-event economy and other initiatives.

Citing ‘unsustainable’ net migration, New Zealand’s government has tightened rules for its Accredited Employer Worker Visa programme.

New AI text-to-video tools like Sora, from ChatGPT owner OpenAI, create detailed film clips from user prompts, putting at risk the jobs of actors, writers, animators and many more in the industry.

The 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park on Wednesday, put a spotlight on the city’s efforts to enlarge the local tech talent pool.

Lingnan University research team says most of the film and TV industry workers face fragmented employment patterns, which make it difficult for them to seek fairer treatment.

Job creation in South Asian economies is not keeping pace with the rise in the working age population, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Afghan women have been relying on their handicraft skills to feed their families, making products like dresses, carved furniture and jewellery to sell.

Nepal and the Philippines are Australia’s top source markets for international students, after China and India. Lax oversight, regulations and visa rules that allow unlimited work rights are part of the reason.

Many younger Chinese are beleaguered by high expectations, extreme academic competition and bleak work and lifestyle prospects.

Young jobseekers in China are grappling with disillusionment within the grim employment market, while Beijing is eager to maintain social stability and boost consumption.

The Women Workplace Index, which was launched on Tuesday, will collect data from firms on policies and practices such as those against sexual harassment, as well as maternity leave and equal pay.

The country’s farms rely on millions of workers from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal, who return home every year to observe Ramadan with their families.

Chan says new or expanded firms, together with 30 companies that made similar moves last year, will invest more than HK$40 billion in the city and create 13,000 jobs.

Analysts blame structural problems for the plunge and say PM Anwar needs to make long-term economic reforms – and find the political support for these measures.

Some 900,000 Japanese educators have signed petitions calling for the government to address long hours of unpaid work and poor pay.

In Beijing’s bid to realise ambitious economic growth goals for this year, steps are being taken to ensure local-level authorities are pulling their weight and not making matters worse for struggling businesses.

South Korea is set to build an aerospace hub to house some 1,000 firms to tap on the sector’s ‘limitless opportunities and a huge market’.

A minister has been ridiculed for his suggestion that marketing palm oil plantation workers as ‘professional harvesters’ could help solve chronic labour shortages.

Just over a quarter of companies in Hong Kong expect to add staff this year, while some 16 per cent expect to cut headcount, KPMG survey shows. Many candidates are eyeing the Greater Bay Area as an alternative.