Your employee training programs are only as dull as you let them be. We’ve all been there - sitting in for meeting after meeting but leaving without learning much. Some of us might have zero workplace training experience, where most skills and knowledge are self-taught. 

Many employees have gotten used to the remote and hybrid work arrangements that most feel little reason to go back to the office. But as the pandemic wanes and public health measures become stronger, many organizations now want to reunite and resume an in-office workplace setting. 

An employee handbook is an encompassing document a company shares with its workers to communicate work expectations, guidelines, and policies in one place. Typically, as part of the company’s onboarding and training process, all employees must read it to ensure they understand their rights and what is expected from them at the workplace.

The holiday season is upon us and while it means the busiest time of the year for most companies (Christmas campaigns, sales, etc.), let us not forget to show gratitude towards employees for their hard work over the year. 

Handling underperformers on the team may be one of the most challenging and time-consuming responsibilities for HR leaders. It’s no fun spending huge amounts of time figuring out how to get demotivated employees to be more engaged and perform better at work. And it’s equally challenging to have hard truth conversations with employees experiencing a mismatch between their skills and the new demands on the job.

As the year comes to a close, HR leaders feel extremely exhausted. It's easy to overlook that People teams, too, get overwhelmed and overworked, from making preparations for open enrollment and surviving budget season to taking care of everyone else's burnout.

Quiet quitting is when employees do the minimum necessary at work, refusing to do anything beyond their responsibilities. This is commonly motivated by the perception that work-life balance should be prioritised. This trend has arguably grown in popularity in recent years due to the pandemic.

Under this program, employees recently offered employment will receive a one-time mobility assistance payment of RM500. With the extension, financial incentives for employers who hire new employees beginning on January 1, 2022, will be extended to December 31, 2022.

Amirudin Shari, Menteri Besar of Selangor, has announced that Friday, November 18 2022, will be a state holiday due to the 15th General Election(GE15) being held on that date.

Every office has its politics. It’s completely inevitable when you bring people of different backgrounds, opinions, ambitions, and needs together for work. Whether we like it or not, disagreements are bound to happen.