SINGAPORE – Private-hire car drivers, temperature screeners and those who perform Covid-19 swab tests will soon be listed as public service workers and better protected under harassment laws. From July 7, […]
SINGAPORE – A thousand front-line workers at Changi Airport will receive ez-link cards with a stored value of $50 as a gift next month. The move to help with their […]
SINGAPORE – It was slim pickings for gardener Lim Goh Heng when he joined the landscape maintenance sector in 2010 but his prospects have blossomed somewhat, thanks to a trade […]
SINGAPORE – More than 65 builders have been found to have flouted safe management measures since they were tightened on May 16, including 26 builders which were ordered to stop […]
SINGAPORE – A new initiative to pay random visits to employers and their foreign domestic workers has uncovered some instances of employers illegally holding on to their workers’ passports and […]
CHENNAI (REUTERS) – Workers at the Renault-Nissan plant in southern India will not report for work on Monday over coronavirus-related safety concerns, according to a union letter to the company […]
(BLOOMBERG) – After a year of early-morning Zoom calls, the spectre of a deadly virus and soaring stock and real estate values, working American baby boomers who can afford it […]
SINGAPORE – The first hint of trouble arose when an 88-year-old cleaner working at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 developed a cough and runny nose. The man went to see a […]
SINGAPORE – Former radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu, 45, was fined $65,000 on Friday (May 21) for failing to prevent Twelve Cupcakes from underpaying its foreign workers. Ong had […]
SINGAPORE – Union leaders have been collecting feedback from healthcare workers amid the recent surge in Covid-19 cases and will be discussing with the Ministry of Health and hospital management […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore would have been hit hard by a shortfall of at least 100,000 workers and 30,000 domestic workers if migrant workers had not been allowed to enter after […]
SINGAPORE – Even as businesses transform themselves to adapt to the changing nature of work, their workers will also need the right skills to take on new or redesigned job […]
BLOOMBERG – Mondelez International, the maker of Ritz Crackers and Trident gum, wants to start welcoming workers back to office this summer, though with a caveat – they must be […]
SINGAPORE – Workers infected with Covid-19 at Changi Airport had mainly been working in one zone that had received travellers from higher-risk countries, including South Asia. Transport Minister Ong Ye […]
SINGAPORE – Changi Airport turned silent on the first day of its closure to the public, even though there was a steady stream of airport workers returning for their Covid-19 […]
SINGAPORE – Staff turned up at Changi Airport on Monday morning (May 10) for a special Covid-19 testing operation for about 9,000 workers, to find hidden cases. This comes after […]
SINGAPORE – Protecting vulnerable groups in society is a key priority for the Government, which has also been working with employers and the labour movement to expand the Progressive Wage […]
SINGAPORE – There is a good chance that Singapore can achieve 6 per cent growth or better this year, but this will only take the country back to where it […]
SINGAPORE – The adoption of work-from-home arrangements last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the mental stressors faced by workers here, especially with the blurring […]
SINGAPORE – The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on jobs would have been worse if not for the strong three-way partnership between the government, unions and employers, said Manpower Minister […]
