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Up the ranks: Naiara De León steps up as Chief People & Culture Officer at Yum! Brands

Since joining Yum! in August 2025, De León has led its talent, learning, rewards, and recruitment centres of excellence, helping strengthen leadership capability and organisational effectiveness. Her new role will be effective 1 November 2026.

22 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

JPA on Malaysia's push to ramp up healthcare workforce planning through talent deployment and specialist training

The department plans to strengthen candidate selection, training oversight, and the management of training reserve positions to improve on-time graduation rates and accelerate the availability of specialists in the public healthcare system.

22 July 2026
• Priya Sunil

Wage reviews to remain tied to economic conditions, workers' needs, and employers' capacity to pay: DOLE

The clarification comes as the National Capital Region prepares to implement its recently approved P85 daily minimum wage increase in two phases, with the first being on 25 July (Saturday).

22 July 2026
• Priya Sunil

Metro to exit large-format department stores as it revamps Singapore retail strategy

The retailer will not renew its existing large-format stores at Paragon and Causeway Point, and will instead shift towards smaller multi-concept formats, specialised retail concepts, and brand partnerships.

21 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Winning Secrets: Kajima Overseas Asia (Singapore)'s candidate journey centres on transparency, communication, and connection

"This experience reinforced an important lesson for us: candidate experience is not defined by a single interaction, but by the cumulative impression created through every touchpoint," Jessie Soh, General Manager (Finance & Administration), shares.

21 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Winning Secrets: The women leadership approach helping UR Klinik strengthen employee experience

"Sustainable business growth begins with people growth." Guided by this belief, UR Klinik has made leadership development part of its everyday culture, aiming to help women build confidence, leadership capability, and financial independence.

21 July 2026
• Umairah Nasir

Malaysia’s economy expanded by about 5.8% in Q2 2026, led by broad-based sector growth: DOSM

Growth was driven by the services, manufacturing, mining and quarrying, and construction sectors, while the agriculture sector contracted. The economy also rose 1.7% quarter-on-quarter, reversing the 4.4% decline in Q1 2026.

21 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

At the helm: Vanessa Widmann to lead Suntory Global Spirits’ travel retail business for MEA effective 1 Sep 2026

Based in Singapore, Widmann will be responsible for developing the company’s global travel retail business while also overseeing commercial strategy across the Middle East and Africa.

21 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Faces of HR: Debica Sigamani on why transparency is the real currency of Total Rewards

"If we say wellbeing matters but reward burnout, employees will believe our actions, not our posters. Rewards should reinforce the culture we want to build and reflect our promises to employees," she reminds us.

21 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Faces of HR: Stephanie Leong says sustainable talent strategies begin by building talent from within

"In the race for niche and digital skills, we can sometimes be too quick to look externally and overlook the potential of our own people," she says, adding why total rewards should help organisations recognise, develop, and retain internal talent.

21 July 2026
• Umairah Nasir

Indonesia calls on BRICS to strengthen future workforce skills forecasting to build a more resilient, inclusive, & sustainable world of work

Minister of Manpower Yassierli explained that future skills mapping will help BRICS countries understand changing job market needs, identify necessary skills, and align training policies with the needs of the world of work.

20 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

MOM to raise minimum leave entitlement for resident outsourced PWM workers in Singapore from 2029

The minimum will increase from seven to 10 days, and aims to ensure these workers' employment conditions remain protected even when their employers change.

20 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Up the ranks: Annie Lim steps into CHRO role at Ally Logistic Property

Bringing more than 25 years of HR leadership across healthcare, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, and professional services, she will focus on strengthening leadership, talent, and organisational capabilities at ALP.

20 July 2026
• Umairah Nasir

Winning Secrets: How NTU built a culture of wellbeing for employees – beyond just a programme

Ethan Pang and Chang Chiz Hau of NTU's University Wellbeing Office share how an 'Inside-Out, Outside-In' approach turned employee wellbeing into a shared leadership responsibility, not a service delivered from the sidelines.

20 July 2026
• Umairah Nasir

Winning Secrets: EX at PLC Tax Consultants Group is built through clarity, trust & daily leadership behaviour

As Patrick Luah, Managing Director, shares, every major HR initiative should be redesigned around one question: How do we help our people feel seen, supported, and ready to lead?

20 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Faces of HR: Vellu Mahadevan's people-first approach to Total Rewards starts with one simple belief

From engineering to leading HR for more than 5,500 employees, the Country HR Director at Micron Memory Malaysia explains how understanding employees' evolving needs can turn Total Rewards into a stronger driver of motivation and performance.

20 July 2026
• Umairah Nasir

Faces of HR: Dr. Koh Ngee Loke on shifting Total Rewards into higher gear

Much like navigating hills on two wheels, the HR Director for Malaysia and Thailand, UCT, believes meaningful Total Rewards helps employees go the distance. He shares why organisations must look beyond salary and bonuses to create fair, purposeful employee experiences that support both people and business success.

20 July 2026
• Sarah Gideon

Credible, timely, trusted, and always first to bring HR developments

Preparing for the Workplace Fairness Act: Assessing your organisation’s readiness

From family ties to fair practices: Grievance handling in SMEs

Are you doing enough to prevent workplace harassment?

CARSOME and Darwinbox partner to reinvent employee experience with AI-first HR and native payroll for 3,000 employees across Southeast Asia

Talentbank announces winners of Graduates’ Choice Award 2026: Malaysia’s most-voted graduate employers revealed

Faces of HR: Inside Stavia Dexterina's approach to leading with trust, empowering with purpose & delivering together

Winning Secrets: Kajima Overseas Asia (Singapore)'s candidate journey centres on transparency, communication, and connection

Winning Secrets: The women leadership approach helping UR Klinik strengthen employee experience

Number of salary claims in Singapore rose year-on-year in 2025

Singapore and Malaysia respond as US imposes forced-labour tariffs on selected exports

Incoming Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau outlines worker-focused priorities ahead of new portfolio

Singapore's Cabinet reshuffle: Jasmin Lau to take on the role of Acting Minister for Manpower

Malaysia’s economy expanded by about 5.8% in Q2 2026, led by broad-based sector growth: DOSM

Up the ranks: Naiara De León steps up as Chief People & Culture Officer at Yum! Brands

JPA on Malaysia's push to ramp up healthcare workforce planning through talent deployment and specialist training

Wage reviews to remain tied to economic conditions, workers' needs, and employers' capacity to pay: DOLE

Metro to exit large-format department stores as it revamps Singapore retail strategy

Winning Secrets: Kajima Overseas Asia (Singapore)'s candidate journey centres on transparency, communication, and connection

Winning Secrets: The women leadership approach helping UR Klinik strengthen employee experience

Malaysia’s economy expanded by about 5.8% in Q2 2026, led by broad-based sector growth: DOSM

At the helm: Vanessa Widmann to lead Suntory Global Spirits’ travel retail business for MEA effective 1 Sep 2026

Faces of HR: Debica Sigamani on why transparency is the real currency of Total Rewards

Faces of HR: Stephanie Leong says sustainable talent strategies begin by building talent from within

Indonesia calls on BRICS to strengthen future workforce skills forecasting to build a more resilient, inclusive, & sustainable world of work

MOM to raise minimum leave entitlement for resident outsourced PWM workers in Singapore from 2029

Up the ranks: Annie Lim steps into CHRO role at Ally Logistic Property

Winning Secrets: How NTU built a culture of wellbeing for employees – beyond just a programme

Winning Secrets: EX at PLC Tax Consultants Group is built through clarity, trust & daily leadership behaviour

Faces of HR: Vellu Mahadevan's people-first approach to Total Rewards starts with one simple belief

Faces of HR: Dr. Koh Ngee Loke on shifting Total Rewards into higher gear