All posts tagged "jobs"
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3.8KCow Beh Cow BuWhy Should Civil Servants be Given More Leave than Private Sector Workers?
WONG YK: The minimum statutory annual leave entitlement for workers is 7 days for the first year of work, with one additional...
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New Initiative to Make it Easier to Hire Foreign Professionals even as Numbers Soar
The Economic Development Board and Enterprise Singapore announced plans yesterday (30 Jul) to make it easier for technology firms here to hire...
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Civil Servants to Receive 0.45 Months Mid-Year Bonus
Civil servants will receive a mid-year bonus of 0.45 months. This is lower than previous years, where the bonus was 0.5 months....
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Welcome 2019: Retrenchment Up 28 Percent
Retrenchments rose by 28 percent for the first quarter of 2019. The number of retrenched employees stood at 3,230, up from 2,510...
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70-Year-Old Cleaner Uncle Refuses to Stop Working Despite Traumatic Injury
It was a pretty traumatic experience for this 70-year-old cleaner at Tampines Avenue 8 – in April, he slipped and fell during...
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Government Curbs on Foreign Workers: Rubbing Salt into the Wounds of PMETs?
ELSON: No wonder some have labelled Budget 2019 as an “Election Budget”. The government announced that it will trim the number of...
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LETTERS: NUS First-Class Honours Degree Worth Less than Some “No-Brand” US Degree?
FELIX OW: In 2004, Yeo Cheng San bought a set of fake Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and a post-grad diploma stating that...
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Worries Abound that CPF Withdrawal Age and Amount Locked in Retirement Sum Will Be Raised
RONALD LEE: Let’s clear the air on this first – people are not so much afraid that they have to work longer...
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Price Hikes of Basic Goods and Services Far Outstrip CPF Interest Rates and Wage Growth
The government paints a rosy picture of how Singaporeans aren’t feeling the pinch of rising cost with our annual wage increases and...
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The Dismal State of PMET Retrenchment and Re-Employment: 60 Percent Out of Job and Unable to Re-Enter the Workforce
ELSON: “Study so hard for what” is a common refrain heard among young boys and girls here who absolutely hate hitting the...
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More Local Cleaners Could Lose Their Jobs due to “Singaporeans and PRs Only” Compulsory Bonus and Wage Increment
ELSON: Yes, yes many are saying its great news that it will now be compulsory for cleaners who have worked in a...
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Employer Claims Maid Wore Sexy Clothes and Offered Massages to Seduce Her Husband
“When she first came, she wore her traditional Burmese clothes and long skirts. But after I gave birth, she would wear revealing...
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Starhub to Sack Over 10 Percent of Full-Time Staff to Improve “Operational Efficiency”
Starhub has announced that it will sack 300 full-time staff by the end of October as part of its “operational efficiency programme”....
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ComfortDelGro “Punishes” Taxi Drivers with New Levy System for Refusing to take Bookings
ComfortDelGro taxi drivers have been slapped with a new levy structure to encourage them to accept bookings. In a letter to taxi...
