Labour Women working in garment industry severely hit by COVID-19 pandemic: ILO The impact of COVID-19 has worsened for women working in the garment… The Online Citizen20 November 2020
Current Affairs Labour 250,000 workers had a pay cut between March and September, says MOM About 250,000 workers have had their pay cut between March and September… 003020 November 2020
Labour LGBT PM Lee says LGBT people welcome to work in Singapore — but netizens point out absence of marriage equality, apparent reluctance to repeal homophobic law Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are “valued members of society”… The Online Citizen19 November 2020
Current Affairs Labour MOM Report: ‘Significant increase’ in firms caught practising in discriminatory hiring The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) and… Correspondent19 November 2020
Comments Labour Netizens slam Gov’t for HR errors resulting in 3,000 civil servants being undercompensated Nearly 3,000 current and former public service officers will be compensated with… The Online Citizen19 November 2020
Community Labour People NUS student produces short documentary showcasing stories of S’pore food delivery riders An industrial design student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) produced… 002419 November 2020
Comments Current Affairs Labour Netizens highlight failure of education system in keeping up with market needs for tech industry The new Tech.Pass announced by the Economic Development Board last week is… kathleen19 November 2020
Current Affairs Labour DBS Bank to introduce scheme allowing two employees to share one full-time role Singapore’s biggest bank, DBS, will be rolling out a new job-sharing scheme… The Online Citizen18 November 2020
Economics Labour Property SDP’s minimum wage proposal works in tandem with other policy changes such as lower rent, migrant worker levy abolishment: Party chief Chee Soon Juan Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)’s minimum wage proposal aims to work in tandem… 002417 November 2020
Labour Lifestyle 74% of employees worldwide don’t want to return to pre-pandemic, traditional work paradigms: Kaspersky study A new global research commissioned by Kaspersky on 8,000 small and medium-sized… The Online Citizen13 November 2020