Labour
SDP chief Chee Soon Juan urges govt to raise wages across industries, reduce rental rates for businesses
The Government should urgently enforce regulatory business measures such as increasing the wages of middle- and low-income workers as well...
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Alfian Sa’at speaks up for freelancers in precarious financial situations due to impact of COVID-19 on economy
As the impact of COVID-19 grows, many industries have been hit hard during these economically troubling times, and freelancers are...
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SDP chief Chee Soon Juan urges government to focus on local employees’ interests over bringing in more foreign workers
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)’s Leader Chee Soon Juan took to his Facebook on Thursday (19 March) to call out the...
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LTA to secure short-term accommodation for M’sian public transport workers in SG amid M’sia’s travel restrictions
The authority has worked closely with the public transport operators and the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) to secure short-term...
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MOM to offer $50 nightly allowance per worker to firms affected by M’sia travel restrictions: Manpower Minister Josephine Teo
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be offering a nightly allowance of S$50 per worker to firms affected by travel...
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M’sian workers who do not return to S’pore by tonight will be given two weeks of unpaid leave
Following the movement control order imposed by the Malaysian government which will take effect for two weeks starting tomorrow (18...
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MNC’s foreign hiring manager relocates from HK to SG and proceeds to replace SG PMET with HK lady
Recently, a Singaporean PMET working for Refinitiv Asia (the Financial & Risk business branch of Thomson Reuters Asia) told TOC...
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MOM: Job vacancies declined despite strongest employment growth in 5 years
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released a labour market report on Thursday (12 March) highlighting that business uncertainties have led...
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MOM: Productivity declined for the first time in a decade
For the first time in at least 10 years, Singapore’s labour productivity declined in 2019. According to economists, the country’s...
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MOM: Record-low workplace fatalities in 2019, but non-fatal injuries increased
In 2019, the number of workplace fatalities in the country dropped to record low, but this decline is marred by...
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70 additional cases of COVID-19 confirmed; 41 imported cases from various countries -
Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
49 additional cases of COVID-19 confirmed by MOH; New cluster at SingPost Centre -
HOME volunteer emphasises importance of negotiating compensation between FDWs and employers on rest days during Stay-Home Notice period -
Resilience Budget: Arts and culture sector to receive additional S$55 million aid package, support in upskilling and digitalisation -
Sudden closure of all PCF Sparkletots centres due to COVID-19 cluster in Fengshan branch, catches parents by surprise -
Ex-grassroots leader with “clean record” jailed for molesting child of daughter’s neighbour -
UK PM Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19 -
Netizens voice concern over jail terms, fines for those who breach COVID-19 social distancing rules -
Lawyer Teo Soh Lung criticizes mainstream media for misleading people, calls SM Teo’s explanations on caretaker govt as ‘talking nonsense’ -
Singapore schools to implement one day of home-based learning a week -
Govt should align tax incentives with a carbon-neutral economy, says NMP Anthea Ong -
COVID-19: Individuals who fail to adhere to safe distancing rules can be fined or given jail term -
COVID-19: M’sia announces “people-oriented” RM250 billion relief package
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
PM Lee goes on walkabout in Ang Mo Kio, distributes bottles of hand sanitiser to patrons at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre -
More Indonesians carrying Covid-19 virus arriving to seek treatments in Singapore hospitals -
Lee Hsien Yang shares photo of late Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite carpet on his father’s fifth death anniversary - COVID-19 fatality: 64-yr-old Indonesian flew to S'pore for treatment, infected S'porean during stay
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Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Panic buyer at FairPrice tells MP Amrin Amin “None of your business” when he questions the purchase of crates of eggs - Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat
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DPM Heng had responded to some requests for private-hire bus drivers facing challenges amid COVID-19 crisis, says WP’s chief -
Ong Ye Kung gets whacked by netizens over his FB post on MOE’s reasoning for reopening schools amid COVID-19 outbreak - Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem
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Temasek's largest shareholdings plunged S$34.24 billion in three months -
Closing our borders to short term visitors but still going ahead with general elections, is contradictory -
SDP chairman Paul Tambyah: Holding GE in the midst of COVID-19 crisis "defies logic"
