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It was reported in the media today (‘Look to Swiss for lessons in worker welfare: DPM Heng’, 11 May) that Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat wants to look to the Swiss for lessons to take care of the welfare of Singaporean workers. Wrapping up his five-day work trip to Switzerland, Heng said Singapore companies can learn from their Swiss …

PICTURES BY ROSLAN RAHMAN. VIDEO BY THEODORE LIM. by Martin Abbugao Singapore has attracted high-tech manufacturers with incentives and a well-educated workforce, but growing demand for highly skilled labour, combined with limits on numbers of foreign workers may mean a tougher path ahead. The city-state is a major producer of products ranging from aircraft engines to medical equipment and oil …

An employment agency, SRC Recruitment LLP (SRC), was fined $78,000 in the State Courts on Wednesday (30 April) under the Employment Agencies Act (EAA) for insensitive advertising of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) on online marketplace Carousell. The company was prosecuted by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in October 2018. The employment agency (EA) pleaded guilty on 26 March 2019 to …

As the working environment changes and working relationships become more informal, Randstad – one of the world’s largest HR solution agencies – found out in its survey that real-time feedback is finding its way more into the workforce these days as it gives employees a chance to ask for new growth opportunities as they present themselves, or raise any red …

At her ministry’s annual workplan seminar held at Orchid Country Club yesterday (16 Apr), Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said that career mobility would be the main thrust of her ministry’s Adapt and Grow programmes. “Most want the opportunity to learn, to grow… This desire for career mobility is very similar to the desire for social mobility,” she told about 1,000 …

The remaining staff members at IBM’s manufacturing plant in Tampines will soon be facing its final retrenchment exercise as the company seeks to move its manufacturing processes to the United States, where IBM was first established. Responding to TODAY‘s queries, the US global technology firm said that the impending move to Poughkeepsie in New York is based on “IBM’s continual …

Last month, Chili’s Singapore announced the closure of its restaurant chain. Chili’s Singapore was run by Belgarath Investments through GDA Restaurants, which was Chili’s franchisee. It had 3 stores in Singapore at Tanglin Mall, Resorts World Sentosa and Clarke Quay Central mall. Mr Greg Blakney, managing director of Belgarath Investments, blamed the new foreign-worker quota announced by the government in …

Singapore is well known the world over for its meticulous planning and distinct skyline – the Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by Bay and Singapore Flyers are instantly identifiable as belonging to this small economic powerhouse of Southeast Asia. The country’s building and construction sector which is valued at nearly S$30.5 billion in 2018 depends on a massive pool of blue-collar …

A senior HR Consultant shed some light on the current job market situation in Singapore through his Facebook post on Sunday (24 March). Martin Gabriel said that the employment market in the country is really bad as higher ranking job seekers are desperate enough to apply for a junior position with much lesser salary. This is contrary to a recent …

Speaking at a book launch at the Grand Hyatt hotel yesterday (23 Mar), Minister Heng Swee Keat told Singaporeans to be open to talent and ideas (‘Singapore must stay open to talent and ideas: Heng Swee Keat‘). Mr Heng noted Singapore and many other countries have benefited from globalisation, but increasingly, people in many countries are questioning the value of …