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Tripartite panel contradicts Government on employment practices?
Apr. 9 | I refer to the article, “Bosses hiring foreigners over S’poreans? Not true”. (Straits Times, 8 April). It states that: “More Singaporeans are complaining that employers prefer to hire foreigners over them. But investigations by a tripartite...
TOC Blog Feature: The expats will rule Singapore
Dec. 30 | From the website, Adam Khoo’s Philosophies And Investing Insights: I have a prediction. My prediction is that in a couple of years, the expatriates (from China, India, US etc…) will rule Singapore. They will increasing take on more leadership roles...
“Cheaper, better, faster” may just break the camel’s back
Dec. 1 | Latest: The High Court has granted Yong Vui Kong’s application for a stay of his execution. Yong was scheduled to be hanged this Friday, 4 Dec. His appeal to the Court of Appeal will now be heard next Tuesday. TOC will have a report on today’s...
Manpower minister is wrong, we do need flexi-work laws
Sep. 1 | Gilbert Goh I refer to the article “Flexi-work law? No need” (ST 28 Aug). I disagree with Manpower Minister Mr Gan Kim Yong that there is no need to implement legislation to reinforce the flexi-work arrangements to promote work life balance. Numerous...
More and more jobs available, but nobody wants?
Jul. 7 | Leong Sze Hian, with contribution by Ng E Jay I refer to the report “Over 19,000 job seekers find work through SPUR programme” (CNA, Jul 3). Since the number of residents approaching CDCs for help in finding jobs has increased by 100 per...
Help for workers over two years is miniscule compared to Temasek and GIC’s losses
Jun. 7 | The Government has spent over $1.1 billion from 2006 to 2008 helping low wage Singaporeans . Ministry of Manpower
Recession over? Not so fast, says PM Lee
Jun. 3 | I believe we should not be too hasty to pronounce that the recession has bottomed or that things are getting better. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Upturn the downturn – NTUC sings to lift spirits
Jun. 3 | The following is a video by Singapore News Alternative. NTUC Chief, Lim Swee Say, and union leaders singing to encourage workers to be more upbeat about the recession. Have a look and give your comments. Watch the original video from NTUC below.
Applying for a job? “My interests include cooking dogs…”
May. 8 | The following is from The Telegraph. By Murray Wardrop Experts found that 94 per cent of job hunters risked missing out on vacancies through poor spelling, grammar or presentation on their CVs. In some cases, applicants’ attempts to impress potential...
Singapore ranks second-lowest worldwide for job satisfaction
Apr. 18 | From the Business Times: SINGAPOREANS have long been suspected to be a dissatisfied bunch – and now there are numbers to add to that view. In Robert Half’s latest survey of finance professionals, Singapore ranks second-lowest worldwide for...
Blog Feature: Straits Times changes headlines 4 times in one day
Apr. 15 | From Jeff Yen’s blog: There are possibly three reasons why I continue to pay money to read the Straits Times online. The first reason is that I want to know what others are reading daily, the second is I want to know what I’m supposed to know,...
5 Minutes with… Leong Sze Hian on the economy and jobs
Apr. 3 | TOC asks financial expert and analyst, Mr Leong Sze Hian, to help make sense of the latest slew of statistics from the Ministry of Manpower. TOC: We’ve been bombarded with government statistics lately on the state of the economy. In simple terms, how...
Profit-driven vs reasonable care for employees
Mar. 20 | The following is a letter fromTan Liping In a Today article, “When layoffs are rooted in opportunity” (Mar 18, 2009), it talks about companies taking the opportunity in this slowdown to restructure and consolidate their operations, even though...
Better to help needy than give handouts to fresh grads
Mar. 16 | “THE Government will encourage banks and other financial institutions hit by the recession to take on new graduates by offering to subsidise the recruits’ allowances for up to a year,” reports the Straits Times on 13 March 2009. It goes on,...
How many jobs went S’poreans?
Mar. 15 | According to investment bank Credit Suisse, Singapore’s population grew 18%, to about 4.8 million, from 2004 to 2008. More than three-quarters of that growth, Credit Suisse estimates, came from newly arrived foreigners taking lucrative positions...
Unemployment Insurance – the economic stabiliser
Mar. 2 | Ravi Philemon Selena Ling an economist at Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation feels that the government could have been more generous in terms of helping individuals directly. She says, “A lot of measures (in Budget 2009) were biased towards helping...
Together we save jobs?
Feb. 9 | By Leong Sze Hian / Columnist I REFER to the article “Chipmaker Chartered to cut 500 jobs” (ST, Jan 31). Chartered said that it will cut 600 employees, or 8 per cent of its workforce to save US$16 million a year. 540 of these employees will...
Parliament Highlight: Tighten PR criteria, says Mdm Ho
Feb. 3 | In Parliament on Monday, MP for West Coast GRC, Mdm Ho Geok Choo, asked for the eligibility criteria for Permanent Residency to be tightened. Excerpt from the Straits Times: With the recession biting deep, Madam Ho said firms should also look into ways...
Options for employers
Dec. 23 | This is our advantage. There is no other country I know that has such a range of options open to employers, with unions that are willing to support such measures. Lim Boon Heng
S’poreans and foreigners both paying the price
Dec. 9 | Gerald Giam / Senior Writer On 4 December at a National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) forum for employers and unions, NTUC chief Lim Swee Say and Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong were both reduced to imploring employers to retrench foreign workers...
Coping with joblessness: A personal account
Nov. 27 | The following is a personal account by Mr Gilbert Goh. The article was first published in the Straits Times forum page in October 2008. We thank Mr Goh for giving us the permission to re-publish it here. We hope that the article will help those who are...
