Labour International Longshoremen’s Association launches boycott of congress in Singapore due to ITF’s endorsement of fully automated maritime terminals Following the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)’s plans to sign an agreement… The Online Citizen12 October 2018
Current Affairs Labour New scheme to certify engineers to conduct Energy Efficiency Opportunities Assessments The National Environment Agency (NEA) and The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)… Neyla12 October 2018
Labour New work permit condition to protect both employers and foreign domestic workers from money-related disputes Employers would no longer be allowed to safe-keep any money belonging to… Neyla9 October 2018
Current Affairs Labour Opinion Unemployed Singaporean PMET: No success with government’s WSG and e2i A 43-year-old unemployed Singaporean PMET wrote to transitioning.org recently, lamenting about initiatives… Correspondent8 October 2018
Business Current Affairs Labour StarHub to retrench 300 permanent staff members as part of its restructuring programme, citing “intense” competition Following its “strategic transformation plan,” telecommunications giant StarHub has announced that it… The Online Citizen5 October 2018
Current Affairs Labour StarHub employees in shock over retrenchment exercise; suggest reduction of senior leadership staff’s salaries instead of layoffs Despite rumours surrounding an impending retrenchment exercise, StarHub employees did not anticipate… The Online Citizen5 October 2018
Current Affairs Labour Law & Order MOM prosecutes employment agency and personnel for advertising foreign domestic workers on Carousell SRC Recruitment LLP (SRC) and one of its Employment Agency (EA) personnel,… Neyla4 October 2018
Current Affairs Labour Opinion Straits Times report: More young people feel Singapore benefits from presence of foreign talent Quoting a survey from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Straits Times… Correspondent28 September 2018
Labour People “Gig-economy” will be the norm; workers should engage in lifelong learning: Impending NMP appointee Douglas Foo Douglas Foo, the founder of Sakae Sushi, a multiple award-winning sushi chain… The Online Citizen26 September 2018
Current Affairs Labour Opinion Minister Ong prefers to bring in more FTs into infocomm industry already dominated by 54% FTs In an interview with Bloomberg last Wed (19 Sep), Education Minister Ong… Correspondent26 September 2018
