Boss wants to speak – where’s everybody?
SINGAPORE – Hybrid or remote work is here to stay. That means less office gossip and fewer lunches with colleagues. We have also reinvented the office dress code: You know, […]
Job portal for seniors, intergenerational cafe among ideas to improve ageing experience in S’pore
SINGAPORE – A specially tailored platform to help older people find meaningful employment could do the job to improve the ageing experience in Singapore. Other proposals made during a Citizens’ […]
Some disorder in roll-out of Covid-19 testing, isolation protocols at Jalan Tukang dormitory: MWC chairman
SINGAPORE – A confluence of factors had led to delays in moving Covid-19-positive workers living in the Westlite Jalan Tukang dormitory to off-site care and recovery facilities, the Migrant Workers’ […]
Straits Times readers send in tributes to healthcare workers on Covid-19 front lines
SINGAPORE – One reader sent in a poem to The Straits Times’ Instagram account to show appreciation to Singapore’s healthcare workers while others said it with drawing or a song. […]
Hospitality workers who stay resilient despite pandemic recognised with award
SINGAPORE – Rice cookers, pots, pans and bags of rice were not things that hotel security supervisor Suresh Kumar Govindaraju ever thought he would see in guests’ luggage. But that […]
Habitat for Humanity Report: Construction is Vast Source of Jobs in Emerging Markets
ATLANTA, GA, Oct 4, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The construction industry — led by homebuilding — is a large, often-overlooked source of jobs in emerging market economies, […]
My shirt was burned off, my body was burned black, recalls worker injured in Tuas blast
SINGAPORE – Another worker has testified before an inquiry committee about the trauma he faced following a Feb 24 blast at a factory in Tuas. On Wednesday (Sept 29), Mr […]
‘We were screaming in pain’: Worker recalls Tuas explosion at inquiry hearing
SINGAPORE – Moments after an explosion shook a Tuas building and blew out its window panels, the eight workers who were in the workshop at the time ran to a […]
Retrenchment task force working with laid off Panasonic workers: Tan See Leng
SINGAPORE – The retrenchment task force and various other government agencies are at the forefront in working with Panasonic workers who have been retrenched, said Manpower Minister Tan See Leng […]
Committee to look into better protection of delivery riders, private-hire drivers and cabbies
SINGAPORE – The advisory committee on platform workers will study how to strengthen protection of those in delivery services, private-hire car drivers and cabbies, said Senior Minister of State for Manpower […]
Little India shops look forward to business boost from pilot scheme for migrant workers
SINGAPORE – For the past year and a half, shopkeepers in Little India have been hit hard by a drastic fall in income as migrant workers who would throng the […]
Changi Airport T1 and T3 reopen to public 3 months after Covid-19 cluster found
SINGAPORE – Staff of several stores and eateries returned to Changi Airport’s Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 for the first time in more than three months on Wednesday (Sept 1). […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Aug 31
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Aug 31. Last US forces leave Afghanistan after almost 20 years Celebratory gunfire was heard across the Afghan capital […]
Plan to let migrant workers into community still on hold after new Covid-19 clusters in dorms over past month
SINGAPORE – A pilot programme to allow migrant workers living in dormitories back into the community remains on hold, 16 months after movement restrictions were introduced to curb the spread […]
Can home cleaning scheme replace live-in maids?
SINGAPORE – Ms Poe Ei San, 25, a Myanmar migrant, could not find work as a nurse in Singapore, so she cleaned homes instead. Every day, the Yangon University graduate […]
Landscape workers to see annual wages rise by 6.3% on average under Progressive Wage Model
SINGAPORE – Landscape maintenance workers will see their minimum basic wages rise by 6.3 per cent a year on average, over six years, after proposals by a tripartite committee on […]
More than 32,000 workers matched to new jobs by NTUC’s Job Security Council
SINGAPORE – More than 32,000 workers have secured new jobs with the help of the Job Security Council of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to date, labour chief Ng […]
Four in five tenants and workers at Jurong Fishery Port are fully vaccinated: Grace Fu
SINGAPORE – Around 80 per cent of tenants and workers at Jurong Fishery Port are fully vaccinated, with 88 per cent having received at least one dose, said Minister for Sustainability […]
Progressive Wage Model to cover local escalator workers from 2022
SINGAPORE – Local escalator maintenance workers will also be covered under the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) from 2022, along with those maintaining lifts. Both groups of workers must also receive […]
Parliament: Wages at bottom-fifth grew at faster rate than median from 2009 to 2019
SINGAPORE – The real wages of Singaporean and permanent resident lower-wage workers at the 20th percentile grew 39 per cent between 2009 and 2019, faster than that of the workers […]