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While the proposed changes in the Amendment Bill of the Employment Act will bring tangible benefits to employees, employers' concerns surrounding costs and work arrangements need to be taken into account in the process of accommodating employees, said Bishan-Toa Payoh Member of Parliament Saktiandi Supaat. Speaking in response to Manpower Minister Josephine Teo's Second Reading of the Amendment Bill of …

The extension of core provisions of the Employment Act (EA) to cover all employees is one of the most significant changes proposed in the process of amending the Act, among which include the applicability of statutory annual leave to all employees and a broadened definition of "dismissal". Manpower Minister Josephine Teo announced in her second reading of the Amendment Bill …

All Members of Parliament (MPs), including Non-Constituency and Nominated MPs will have to pay $250 a year for a permit to park at Parliament House for official business. This was announced by the Parliament on Friday to media on Friday (Nov 30). According to media reports, elected MPs can use the permit to park in any Housing Board (HDB) carpark, …

Reimbursement claims for overseas purchases worth more than S$140,000 made by a former employee of the People's Association (PA) are being investigated by the police, said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing. Speaking in Parliament last Tuesday (20 Nov) in response to Workers' Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Png Eng Huat's questions regarding the Chingay 2017 procurement, …

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 12:00 on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 for the 86th session of the 13th Parliament. *44 oral questions and 7 written question had been scheduled to be asked. At the commencement of Public Business, there will be an introduction of Government Bill: *Currency (Amendment) Bill (Prime Minister), And 3 Government Bills will be read for …

Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli has confirmed in Parliament on Monday (19 Nov) that the Government does not plan on doing away with the social enterprise hawker centre (SEHC) model despite the controversies that surround its implementation. Mr Masagos told the House today rationalised the decision by saying that most hawkers are doing well under SEHCs …

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 12:00 on Monday, 19 November 2018 for the 85th session of the 13th Parliament. *95 oral questions and 36 written question had been scheduled to be asked. There will be Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Foreign Affair : * Review of Foreign Policy 2018. At the commencement of Public Business, there will be …

Earlier this month, the question of ministerial pay was raised yet again in Parliament. The Prime Minister was asked if he could list both the components of the salaries of ministers as well as the amounts paid for each component each year from 2013 to 2017. Also, the PM was asked to state the actual amount of the National Bonus …

On Monday (1 Oct), Non-Constituency MP Daniel Goh asked in Parliament if social enterprises managing hawker centres are audited to prevent the use of hidden fees and charges. He was asking in response to the recent public uproar over social enterprise operators imposing numerous other charges on top of rentals on hawkers. Singaporeans fear that such costs will eventually be …

The question of the Ministerial Salary was brought up again in Parliament yesterday by Member of Parliament for Marsiling-YewTee GRC, Alex Yam Ziming and Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, Leon Perera. Mr Alex had asked if the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong whether he could list all the components of the salaries of the Ministers and state the amounts, in months of …