Labour

Last Tues (5 Nov), Reuters reported that France will soon start to implement tough policies to control immigration. For the first time, France will set quotas for the number of immigrant workers from outside the EU it allows into the country, French Labour Minister Muriel Penicaud said last week. Speaking on French TV, the minister said these quotas would be …

On Friday (8 November), the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) announced that it will be raising the retirement and re-employment ages for its staff to 63 and 68 respectively from January 2021, more than a year ahead of the national schedule. The plan to increase the retirement and re-employment ages will first involve those in NTUC’s Administration and Research Unit, …

A worker was pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic on Mon morning (4 Nov), following the collapse of a crane at a construction site in Novena. The Straits Times reported SCDF as saying that it received a call for help regarding the incident at approximately 8.50 a.m. SCDF added that another worker at …

The Manpower Ministry released the Labour Market Report Advance Release for Q3 2019 yesterday (24 Oct). Latest data shows that even though growth of total employment was higher, the number of retrenchments rose over the quarter with unemployment rates inching up. Total employment (excluding Foreign Domestic Workers) grew by 22,400 in 3Q of 2019, higher than in the previous quarter …

It has been proven that a diverse workforce brings new talents to an organization as well as improved business performance. Despite that, women constitute 39% of the labor force and only 25% of management positions worldwide in general. What’s more, according to the 451 Research “Cybersecurity through the CISO’s eyes. Perspectives on a role” report, commissioned by Kaspersky, 45% of …

The decision of public transport operator SBS Transit Ltd to refer a recent wage dispute case filed by five bus drivers against the company to the Industrial Arbitration Court (IAC) is a “responsible” and “appropriate” one, said the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). In a statement on Fri (18 Oct), SNEF said that this is because SBS Transit has a …

Public transport operator SBS Transit Ltd will be referring a recent wage dispute case filed by five bus drivers against the company to the Industrial Arbitration Court (IAC) for its decision. In a statement on Fri (18 Oct), SBS Transit said that it “has acted in accordance with its obligations in law and under the relevant agreements and practices” towards …

The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is looking at establishing a taskforce aimed at securing the future of older workers in Singapore, particularly those in the “pre-retrenchment” phase who are in their 40s or 50s, said secretary-general Ng Chee Meng on Wed (16 Oct). Speaking to reporters at the end of the NTUC Delegates’ Conference yesterday, Ng, who is also …

There is no need for workers to dismantle Singapore’s current labour system, as the symbiotic alliance between the People’s Action Party (PAP) government and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has always been founded on a common desire to improve and secure the the well-being and future of workers in Singapore, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The partnership between …

The South Korean government’s proposal to raise the official age of retirement from 60 to 65 has received considerable criticism, as experts warn against the possibility of further disruption to the labour market and a widened economic gap in society. Bloomberg reported Mon (14 Oct) that South Korea’s poverty rate among the elderly is the worst out of all of …