HR & Education
Chief Executive moves to Government House
CY Leung transferred with his wife.
Generation X employees the hardest to recruit and retain
Generation X are those born between 1965 and 1978.
Unemployment rate climbs to 3.3%
Insurance, manufacturing and retail sectors were biggest losers.
Hong Kongers 2nd most workaholic among top cities
Hong Kongers working more than 8 hours a day boost shoebox popularity.
Nearly 4 in 10 employers now offering paternity leave
That is a significant increase from 1 in 10 in 2006.
Foreign companies in Hong Kong more confident to attract talent
Only 34% of local companies believe in their ability to retain talent.
Hong Kong to face a severe skills shortage by 2017
Only 4 in 10 Hong Kong employers rate their current leadership capabilities as good.
Good news! Hong Kong employers back to hiring mode
Survey says, HK’s net hiring intentions rebounded by 5 percentage points to 35%.
These are offshoring woes Hong Kong firms are troubled with
33% say that quality of service is compromised when offshoring.
4 in 5 banks rely on outsourcing for overseas operations
They even cited offshoring as an effective HR strategy.
Hong Kong loses to Singapore in household wealth ranking
The 1.7% asset growth in Hong Kong is no match to Singapore's 7.1%.
Respect the schools' autonomy: CY Leung
Find out what else he said here.
HK expats are earning less than Singapore counterparts
HK expats are only paid US$150k+ a year, well below what Singapore expats receive.
Moral & National Education subject guidelines will be shelved: CY Leung
He hopes the move will help resolve disputes on the subject.
HK$2 increase in hourly minimum wage coming
The government is to increase Hong Kong’s minimum wage by HK$2 to HK$30 per hour on Labour Day 2013.
Hong Kong holds on to its talent as financial services struggles
The employment market in Hong Kong financial services is less buoyant than it was 18 months ago; major banks have been making redundancies, and...
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