Sick leave expected to increase during World Cup
Recruitment and Human Resources Specialist, Randstad Group, has warned employers in Malaysia to consider the impact of the World Cup on their workforce and productivity levels, especially when the nation catches football fever later this month. [Read more...] Tweet This Post Read More →
Little-Known Approaches to Make More Economical Solar Panels
By Shannon Combs Despite the fact that silicon is the market common semiconductor in the majority of electronic units, including the solar cells that solar panels use to transform sunlight into energy, it is not really the most effective product readily available. For instance, the semiconductor gallium arsenide and similar substance semiconductors... [Read more...]
Devastation In The Gulf: Learning From the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (Pt. 2)
By Nathaniel Payne (Simon Fraser University & Justmeans.com) Balancing the Risks As Asian societies develop, governmental and private sector leaders are required to make significant decisions regarding the use and pursuit of natural resources. Governments face tough decisions regarding access to resources, mimetic and normative pressures from neighboring... [Read more...]
Devastation In The Gulf: Learning From the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (Pt. 1)
By Nathaniel Payne (Simon Fraser University & Justmeans.com) Over the last century, the pursuit of natural resources has brought the human race wealth, pleasure, agony, and pain. Resources provide societies with valuable raw materials, are the backbone of great empires, and agitator of great wars. Unfortunately, when one examines the history of... [Read more...]
How to Apply for a Job at a Charity
We don’t need your blood type By Jason Baker, Director for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia Applying for a job at a non-governmental organisation is really no different from applying at a for-profit corporation. Ten years ago, I set up PETA’s India affiliate in Mumbai, and I now serve as director of PETA Asia. Over... [Read more...]
Work-Life Balance: Only For Developed Countries?
By Long Litt Woon The National Union of Bank Employee (NUBE) has launched a campaign to increase Malaysia’s current policy of 60 days maternity leave to for 90 days maternity leave in the public and private sectors. Human resource (HR) managers have rejected the initiative citing higher costs, negative effects for productivity and inconvenience; in... [Read more...]
Public policy ‘necessary’ to make low carbon economy a reality
Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge. By Grace Segran, London When it comes to the notion of a sustainable low carbon economy, governments around the world may like the concept but are either reluctant or incapable of developing the means to make it reality, says Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future. It has to be done through the ... [Read more...]
