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Gig economy workers say they can no longer survive

by AFP bureaus Whether in Paris, Kuala Lumpur or California, gig economy workers fear they…

Zoom to open R&D centre in Singapore; reportedly aims to immediately hire hundreds of key engineering staff

Video-conferencing platform Zoom announced on Wednesday (16 December) that it will set…
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  • 16 December 2020

Taxi, private-hire car drivers to receive extra S$133 million in COVID-19 support

Taxi drivers and their private-hire car (PHC) counterparts are set to receive…

Netizens push to retain work from home arrangement, following Manpower Minister’s announcement of easing restrictions of work from office

Restrictions on employees returning to offices may be relaxed, Singapore’s Manpower Minister…

Govt to assist eligible lower- to middle-income workers via new COVID-19 grant

A new COVID-19 grant will be rolled out to provide lower- to…

MOM to adjust processing of applications for new work permit, S passes to alleviate manpower shortage in S’pore

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Tuesday (15 December) that it…
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  • 16 December 2020

Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in Xinjiang cotton coerced labour: report

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region…

47 per cent migrant workers in dorms have had COVID-19; some will have access to community once a month under pilot next year

About 152,794 migrant workers living in dormitories have had the COVID-19 virus,…
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  • 15 December 2020

DPM Heng Swee Keat toasts to frontline workers as part of #toast2uchallenge

In a Facebook video on Sunday (6 Dec), Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)…

New policy by Indonesian govt requires domestic workers to be debt-free before employment abroad

The Indonesian government will introduce a new policy for all domestic workers…