Payroll/Outsource HR Services
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Shell Hong Kong pushes for gender balance with increased maternity leave
- 2018-01-22
- Categories: Blogs, Payroll/Outsource HR Services
Starting 1 July, female employees at Shell Hong Kong will be able to enjoy 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, up from the current 10 weeks. With the new policy, Shell aims to encourage staff members to continue their careers when they have children, and improve gender balance across the company. The extended leave is part of a global policy change which will cover all Shell companies across the globe effective from 1 January 2018.
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How the language you speak at work affects future company strategy
- 2018-01-14
- Categories: Blogs, Payroll/Outsource HR Services
A group of researchers have looked into how the language spoken in an organisation affects its corporate future orientation, and practices such as CSR and R&D. The study is based on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that argues that language has an influence on people’s behaviour and way of thinking; and looks at future-time reference (FTR) languages i.e. those which require speakers to use a different tense when speaking of the future. The findings suggest that companies with strong FTR
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The annoying bragging habits of Hongkongers
- 2018-01-08
- Categories: Blogs, Payroll/Outsource HR Services
Hongkongers are known for being snobbish. When moving to a new job, the first thing colleagues want to find out about you is where do you live, what kind of car you drive and what watch you wear. Some people have even gone as far as turning down an applicant for a position at an investment bank because he lived in a walk-up building in Sham Shui Po. This post by Stealjobs shared the most
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Why Hong Kong hiring managers need to complain less
- 2018-01-01
- Categories: Blogs, Payroll/Outsource HR Services
It is the job of a hiring manager to help candidates understand what kind of company they’re applying to as much as possible while evaluating if the candidate is a good fit. But if such messages aren’t properly delivered, candidates maybe be under the impression they are applying for a job at a toxic workplace. In a post on Hong Kong Discussion Group, local candidates shared their encounters with rude hiring managers who complain for
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13 signs someone is about to quit
- 2017-12-25
- Categories: Blogs, Payroll/Outsource HR Services
Employees come and go. Some of them retire, some of them get fired and some of them simply quit. Although it’s all part of the business life cycle, having a staff member leave unexpectedly can be inconvenient, to say the least. Luckily, new research has revealed 13 pre-quitting behaviours that can help predict whether someone is about to quit. The study was conducted by researchers at Utah State University, Florida State University, and Arizona State