AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWorkplace Law (Singapore): Singapore’s Workplace Fairness Act is set to take effect end-2027, giving employers time to audit hiring, promotion, training, dismissal and even job ads for protected traits like age, nationality, sex, pregnancy, disability and mental health. Talent & Hiring (India): A new India campus-hiring report finds only 9% of employers say fresh grads are job-ready on Day 1, while 68% of students think they are—highlighting a skills gap and the limits of academic-score hiring. AI Skills Pipeline (China): Hubei opened an embodied AI talent training base with practical programs and job-placement support, plus internships via partnerships with 20+ robotics firms. EV Jobs (Philippines): The Philippines launched an EV Incentive Strategy under EO 121 to attract domestic EV production with time-bound, performance-based support—aiming to build a manufacturing ecosystem and quality jobs. Corporate HR/Compliance (Japan): Mie prefecture’s survey on whether to keep hiring foreign nationals was ruled discriminatory by an advisory panel, raising pressure on local hiring rules. Industrial Policy (China): China moved to curb cross-border total return swaps for private funds, tightening a grey-area route for overseas exposure. Disaster & Safety (Japan): After a Kumamoto earthquake and suspected gas blast at an Aeon mall, sniffer dogs helped a final sweep as the death toll rose to 35.
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