Randstad recently published the Workmonitor 2024 report, which provides an in-depth analysis of emerging labour market trends, worker attitudes, and the future of employment based on a comprehensive global survey.
The report highlights key issues such as the impact of technology on jobs, the rise of remote work, and the evolving expectations of employees towards work-life balance and job security.
The survey results were compiled in an interesting article published in the Singapore Labour Journal.
The report provides information on the opportunities and challenges of a four-day working week, highlighting potential trade-offs that could be adopted in different industries in Singapore.
On 9 October 2023, Crédit Agricole Group S.A. and UNI Global Union signed a new four-year agreementthat confirms the Group's focus on the protection of workers' rights in the workplace, their trade union and human rights, as well as its ongoing commitment to developing a fruitful social dialogue.
It applies to all 75.000 employees in 46 countries.
Veolia launched the new 'Veolia Cares' programme to ensure a standard basic level of social protection for the Group's 213,000 employees worldwide.
The initiative will guarantee all employees the same level of protection, even where there is no legal standard of reference to overcome geographical disparities in social protection.
South Korean construction management firm HanmiGlobal announced a new welfare policy which entails additional incentives for all workers expecting a child.
The company’s policy is aimed to boost Korean fertility rate, which is the world lowest since 2013.
Amazon recently launched a new term-time contract to boost employees' flexibility, offering parents, grandparents, and guardians of school-age children the choice to work term-time only. The contract guarantees employees’ time off during the summer, Easter and Christmas holidays to spend more time with their children.
Amazon also announced a new flexible part-time contract introduced following employee feedback.
On 16 March 2023, the General Confederation of Labor (GCL) and the Argentine Industrial Union (AIU) signed an agreement to modify specific obligations of Decree 144/22 regarding company childcare services.