Eileen Zha on LinkedIn: Happy International Workers' Day! 🎉 Labor is the most glorious, and… (2024)

Mexican labor outside of Mexico and also inside of Mexico!!!!!I think this topic needs a closer look at as It has happened before. MGFS as a Mexican company has always preferred national labor. We have other competitors, which I can name, who use American citizens, Portuguese citizens, Philippine citizens, European citizens and even Indian citizens to supervise and do work in Mexico. All these people enter with a Tourist visa (FMM) into Mexico, which does not allow them to work. But they do!!!!!!! Mexicans going to the US and all of these countries are not allowed to work and our competitors in these countries would move hell and earth in order not to allow us to work. Why, Mexicans in their own country have to allow strangers to do the same work they can do. Why do we have to allow external companies to do the job and take benefits from our country? There are a lot of Mexicans who can do the job and we do not need help from the outside. Mexican labor is highly appreciated around the world and we do not need companies from the outside to do our jobs. Mexico has proven to be a country with skilled workers. Why does the US or Europe not allow companies with skilled Mexican professionals join their jobs? But supervisors out of Europe and the US are allowed to supervise us??????? I think it is a very unilateral way of seeing things. Anyhow, most of the foreign Supervisors are ilegal working in this country. Sorry, no hard feelings just telling the trues.

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Foreign skilled workers are short to medium term measures with risk for demographic dynamics in the ecosystem. Japanese has long term policy challenges in terms of domestic higher proportion of ageing population as outcome of more than 4 decades successful universal health coverage (UHC) and relatively low proportion of younger people due to sustained low fertility rates. Japanese need to 'review' policies in strategic terms. Human capital needs for sustainable development require necessary 'shifts' for traditional Japanese economic growth ecosystems optimization.

I'm interested in elderly care and agriculture as well. How to apply for these?

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Interesting topic on the subject of foreign workers at 3T conference yesterday. Over 117k last year according to MUP, more this year. I hear the voices of Croatia for Croats (the loudest of which are in Sydney). Rather than shouting what should happen, am interested in what solutions these voices are offering (apart from being patriotic and returning home to help build up the Homeland) apart from 'wages should be higher and people won't leave'. Wages aren't higher so need another suggestion. Or do we embrace the rise of foreign workers, or send them all home and close our supermarkets, restaurants etc? What is the third way? Genuinely interested what ideas lie beyond the shouting.

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An article in Nikkei about #Japanese moving overseas for better money. I was in Japan 20 years, living & working there. Then moved back to the UK. I have to say that living in #Tokyo v London there are lots of big differences, positives & negatives for both locations. Tax is MUCH higher here though, and although salaries in #Japan havn't gone up much (hardly at all for +20years), the cost of living has also remained the same in that time. Products I bought in a combini in '97 are still almost the same price (less the new consumption tax). I got a shock coming back to the UK with the cost of living... What the article dosn't mention is that the Japanese person who moved to Stockholm is now paying on average 56% income tax! In Japan it would be 20-23%. So, although he might be earning 1.5 times more, his disposable income will probably be much lower. It's not all about money though, work life balance is important too, and the quality of the work you can do and the work environment. For any Japanese looking to make the switch, or thinking about it, please get in touch with me at Hays Globalink Asia. #japanjobs #worklifebalance

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Great piece authored by Migrasia's own Isla Mairi Wilson about the use of the amorphously defined "job hopping" to inhibit employment rights of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. The right to contract, and specifically the right to choose your employer, is a core right that's defended in any healthy economy. The fact that our government has singled out a small group of underrepresented migrants to restrict those rights needs to be recognized and combatted. No one benefits when 10% of the working population has their basic employment rights restricted. From the article:"The entire premise of banning job-hopping goes against Hong Kong’s mantra of being a laissez-faire economy based on competition. The upside of job-hopping is that foreign domestic workers create a labour market that is mutually beneficial for workers and employers through seeking better jobs, advocating for fairer working conditions and attracting new talent. Given our city’s reliance upon foreign domestic workers, we should allow them to job-hop just like the rest of us in the name of creating a healthier economy."So true!Paras Kalura Suhail Bindra Lamia Sreya Rahman Darcy Lynn Davison-Roberts Lindsay Ernst

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Japan: The number of foreign workers in Japan topped 2 million for the first time in 2023.The labor ministry announced that at the end of October 2023, Japan's total number of foreign workers stood at 2,048,675. This number represents an increase of 12.4% or 225,950 compared to the previous year, 2022. The number also represents an increase for the 11th year in a row.The data by nationality reads as follows:Vietnamese workers stood at 518,364.Chinese workers stood at 397,918.Philippine workers stood at 226,846.The Labor Ministry mentioned that manufacturing industries employed most foreign workers, with 552,399. The service industries came in 2nd with 320,755, and 3rd was the wholesale and retail industry with 263,555 foreign workers.On a side note:The foreign workers support system-relevant industries as the workers are essential to industries in Japan suffering from labor shortages.#japan #japanbusiness #business #sales #businessdevelopment #ceo #coo #cfo

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Numbers of young Japanese heading to Australia for earning money. They often choose to work for the industries which are less popular in Japan because of not so attractive employment conditions. So called "labor shortage" in Japan is just a cheap labor shortage. If such industries in Japan can offer better conditions to their potential employees, they can attract more local young people to work for them.

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https://lnkd.in/djpMQ5My As labor shortages and industry necessities persist in Japan, the Japanese government is considering implementing programs to increase the influx of foreign, skilled laborers into Japan.

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How are policy makers and business leaders preparing for a shortage of skilled talent in the next 5~10 years?With the rapidly decreasing population and increase in the aging population, Japan is facing a severe shortage of manpower, especially in critical sectors like healthcare and technology.This crisis continues to grow creating a new set of challenges for Japan as they have to invite under-skilled workers.According to a study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan will need 6.74 million foreign workers in 2040 to meet its growth targets.How are countries like Singapore preparing for future talent shortages?Strategy and Policy-makers have to think about not today or tomorrow but for the next 5~10 years and prepare for tackling the challenges proactively before it's too late.An outdated, conservative approach will not help any longer.Agree?Share your thoughts.Connect and follow: https://lnkd.in/g568Qp-g#Labourcrisis #workforcetrends #TalentAcquisition #Skillsgap #AgingPopulation #skyhightower #lbfalumni #AIinHr #HRTechnology #Policymaking https://lnkd.in/ggRGfNwq

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