AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoGig Work: Malaysia’s tribunal found GrabCar breached gig-worker protections over booking systems, awarded one driver RM2,000 plus interest and upheld another driver’s deactivation for misconduct. Workforce Changes: Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees across four countries, as it restructures and redirects spending toward AI. Jobs and Skills: Oman’s Nama Water Services says it has reached 100% Omanisation and created 1,188 permanent jobs for Omani nationals through training-linked contractor programmes. Schneider Electric has also opened applications for a new early-career scheme combining AI, engineering and energy work. Labour Relations: Malaysia’s Human Resources Ministry says its appeal in the NUBE-MCBA dispute seeks legal clarity, not an end to negotiations; a court stay requested by the banks’ association is preventing talks from resuming. Workplace Discrimination: Lockheed Martin will pay about $29.5 million to settle federal claims alleging discrimination against white employees.
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