SINGAPORE – More than 10,000 employers received help from Workforce Singapore (WSG) last year in filling positions or transforming jobs so that they are more…
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10,000 migrant workers living in dormitories to get Covid-19 vaccine jab
SINGAPORE – Migrant workers who have not been infected with Covid-19 will be getting their vaccine jabs, starting Friday (March 12) with 10,000 workers from…
Budget debate: Raising of retirement, re-employment ages will go ahead as planned in 2022
SINGAPORE – Raising the statutory retirement age to 63 and the re-employment age to 68 will go ahead as planned on July 1 next year,…
Govt to review 3 areas to ensure abuse of Myanmar maid who died doesn't happen again
SINGAPORE – The abuse suffered by Myanmar domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don must never happen again, and the Government is reviewing three key areas to…
Coronavirus: 5,700 workers yet to undergo rostered routine testing, not allowed to return to work
About 5,700 workers who are required to undergo rostered routine testing have yet to do so, and will not be able to return to work…
Lower-wage workers in Singapore hit hard by fallout of pandemic
Lower-wage workers have been hit particularly hard by the fallout of Covid-19 pandemic. Those not in professional, manager, executive and technician (PMET) jobs made up…
1 maid, 2 jobs: Maids made to clean more than one home rarely complain
For over five years, Siti (not her real name) would start her 16-hour work day at 5.30am cleaning her employer’s five-room flat on the 10th…
550 complaints of illegal deployment of maids yearly from 2017 to 2019: MOM
An average of 550 cases a year of maids being made to work illegally by their employers or household members were handled by the Ministry…
13,000 workers barred from returning to work after missing Covid-19 testing deadline
SINGAPORE – Some 13,000 workers who have yet to undergo rostered routine testing for the coronavirus as of Sunday (Sept 6) will be prevented from…
16,000 workers yet to be tested for Covid-19 by Sept 5 deadline risk being barred from work
SINGAPORE – Some 16,000 workers required to undergo rostered routine testing for Covid-19 by Saturday (Sept 5) have yet to be scheduled for it by…