HR & Education
Contractors suspended from bidding over fatal industrial incident
Contractors suspended from bidding over fatal industrial incident
Safety audit and relevant measures will be carried out by the stakeholders involved.
Median hourly wage increase outpaces average inflation
Median hourly wage climbed from $60.0 to $82.9 in ten years.
HK employers face rising benefit costs, financial strain: report
Mental health, health benefits, and financial wellbeing are the three areas most employers in the region are planning to enhance over the next three...
Application for student hostel conversion begins
Streamlined application process and preferential area exemptions encourage stakeholders.
Women mentoring scheme begins
Over 80 female university students will be guided by 50 women leaders.
Hong Kong’s salary increase falls in 2025, but will recover in 2026
The 3.7% increases this year are lower than APAC’s 5.1% average.
HKSTP, 15 local universities launch Global University Innovation Network
GUIN seeks to attract global innovation teams and talents.
Employers need to improve retirement benefits planning, report says
More flexible and people-focused retirement planning needed.
Hong Kong employees trust leaders less than average
Weak optimism and top-down structures are fueling employee confidence gaps.
Tougher foreign hiring rules may strain workforce planning
Hong Kong’s catering industry is expected to be hit the hardest.
HK passes bill to tighten oversight of self-financing colleges
It aims to improve governance and transparency across the sector.
Women in Hong Kong fear AI threatens job security
Nearly half of female employees worry about automation more than men.
Employment slips in March
Total employment dropped by 14,500 persons from the previous year.
Five HK institutions make it to world’s top 100 universities
The University of Hong Kong placed 11th.
Revised rule lowers weekly work threshold to 17 hours
This was part of the new Employment (Amendment) Bill 2025.
Hong Kong tech firms look outside for dev hiring
More than 90% of companies want to hire the best foreign talent.
HK reports zero chief HR officer turnover in Q1: report
Chief HR officer turnover in Asia remained flat year-on-year.
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