The HR portal for Asia
Everything HR across Asia, in one place.
HR news, labor law for six countries, ready-to-use templates, honest tool reviews, and an AI assistant that answers in seconds. Whatever HR question you have in Asia, the answer starts here.
Free. One weekly email — the news, regulation updates, and resources that matter.
This week across Asia
What changed, and what it means.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Compensation
Indonesia sets 2026 minimum wage formula
The Ministry of Manpower confirmed the 2026 minimum wage formula tied to provincial inflation and growth indices.
What this means for solo HR → If you employ in Jakarta or Surabaya, plan a 4–7% payroll adjustment before December. Update offer letters and renewal contracts now.
🇸🇬 Singapore · Remote Work
Singapore flexible work request guidelines now in force
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Benefits
Malaysia EPF raises voluntary contribution ceiling
🇵🇭 Philippines · Compensation
Philippines DOLE clarifies 13th month pay for project hires
🇮🇳 India · Compliance
India amends Payment of Gratuity Act thresholds
Free tools
Answers in under a minute.
Regulation Vault
Labor law, country by country.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Contracts, probation, termination, leave, recent changes.
Resource Library
Templates you can use today.
Hiring · DOCX
Job description template
Structured JD with scope, outcomes, must-haves, and nice-to-haves. Ready to paste into your ATS.
Hiring · DOCX
Offer letter — Asia edition
Compliant offer letter with placeholders for Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines.
Hiring · XLSX
Interview scorecard
Five-criteria interview scorecard with calibration notes. Reduces hiring bias for solo recruiters.
Talent case studies
What companies got right and wrong about people.
Nokia
The company that owned mobile froze its best engineers in place — and lost the platform war before it noticed.
Mobile · EuropeNetflix
The Keeper Test produced legendary performance — and a culture where 8% of the company was let go every year by design.
Streaming · North AmericaGrab
From 1,500 to 8,000 employees in three years. The hiring kept up. The culture did not.
Super-app · Southeast AsiaFounder × HR
For founders doing it before the first HR hire.
- When to hire your first HR person
The honest answer is later than founders think and earlier than they want.
- Building a compensation structure before you regret not having one
By the time you're negotiating offer number 12, you'll wish you had bands.
HR Certifications
Credentials that move a career.
SHRM-CP
A competency-based credential for HR professionals in operational roles. It measures how you apply HR knowledge to real workplace situations, not just what you can recall.
GeneralistSeniorSHRM-SCP
The senior tier of the SHRM credential, aimed at professionals who set HR strategy, lead the function, and influence organisational direction rather than only running operations.
GeneralistHR Community
Find your people.
HR Tech Festival Asia
One of Asia-Pacific's largest gatherings for HR and work-tech leaders — keynotes, product showcases, and practitioner sessions on the future of work.
In-personSummitSolo HR Virtual Summit
A free, fully online summit for one-person HR teams and founders doing HR before their first hire — practical playbooks, no fluff.
VirtualLinkedInHR Asia Professionals
A LinkedIn group for HR practitioners across Asia-Pacific to share roles, regulation updates, and practical advice.
25kWhatsAppPeople Ops Singapore
A WhatsApp community for Singapore-based people-ops and HR generalists to ask quick questions and swap vendor recommendations.
800Common questions
The short version.
What is HR Asia?
HR Asia is the HR portal for Asia. It brings weekly HR news, labor law references for six countries, ready-to-use templates, honest tool reviews, and an AI assistant into one place for HR teams and founders across the region.
Which countries does HR Asia cover?
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, and Japan — with labor law references, news, and practitioner context for each.
Is the HR Asia newsletter free?
Yes. One weekly email with the news, regulation updates, and resources that matter. No cost, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
Does HR Asia offer free HR templates?
Yes. The Resource Library has ready-to-use templates for hiring, onboarding, performance, compliance, and offboarding — written for solo HR and small teams in Asia.
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