Leong Mun Wai issued POFMA for social media posts riddled with falsehoods
The Secretary-General of PSP Leong Mun Wai was issued with a POFMA for publishing falsehoods on Facebook and Instagram that a couple residing in West Coast did not receive financial assistance other than a caregiving grant. Mr Leong identified the couple with a photograph. He has since taken down the posts and put up another […]
WP Jamus Lim incredibly equates temporary supermarket discounts with exemption from GST
One thing is certain: supermarkets giving 1% discounts on essential items for a limited period of time is not equal to a policy to exempt ‘essential’ items from GST. First, the discount is only for a limited period of time while an exemption policy is ‘forever’. Secondly, a discount of 9% for all time – […]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam announces that he will be running for President
With the recent news announced by President of Singapore, Halimah Yaacob – that she won’t be running for presidency this year – there have been speculations about who will be the next President of Singapore. In a letter dated 8 June to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister Tharman stated that he would resign […]
Labour Day Special: On May Day, others strike, Singapore celebrates
If you have been following international news, you would have heard of the recent strikes in the UK where tens of thousands of doctors, teachers, civil servants, lecturers, London Underground drivers, and Amazon workers took part in. Or the strike by South Korean truckers estimated to have cost more than $1.6 billion in lost shipments. […]
Less discrimination of ex-offenders in the workplace but more can be done
Through the findings from three dialogues with ex-offenders and inmates, discrimination at the workplace has lessen but more can be done to cultivate a more inclusive work environment. The dialogue sessions were organised as part of the #EveryWorkersMatters Conversations. National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), together with co-hosts Yellow Ribbon Singapore (YRSG) and Singapore Prison Service […]
New recommendations for Workplace Fairness Legislation released in Tripartite Committee Interim Report
The new Workplace Fairness Legislation will marry the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices to strengthen the overall framework for workplace fairness.
Enjoying Career Progression and Good Wages as Tradesmen in Singapore is No Longer a Distant Dream
TL;DR Made Possible by NTUC’s new Career Progression Model We get it, not everyone wants to lead that corporate life, me included. Given the chance, some of us might just want a job with more flexibility and one which work you don’t have to bring home, such as the job of tradesmen (i.e., plumbers, electricians, […]
NTUC Calls Out Errant Practices of Local Security Company
Egregious, unethical, and indespicable. These are the words fitting of what a local security agency has done to game the Progressive Wage Model (PWM), lower their operating cost, all at the expense of the livelihoods of their workers. The PWM was first mooted by National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to ensure that our workers, especially those […]
Is workplace inclusivity for ex-offenders a farce?
We all know how hard it is to reintegrate back to work worrying about childcare duties after that maternity leave or lacking the relevant work skills after taking that gap year. But have you wondered about the anxieties and uncertainties ex-offenders feel when reintegrating back into society and the workforce? At a focus group session […]
Without active strikes in Singapore, are unions still relevant today?
Traditionally, unions are known to organise strikes to fight for better pay, better welfare, and better work prospects for workers. But with the number of strikes in Singapore today being close to zero, why do we still need unions? At the Institute of Policy Studies’ (IPS) flagship Singapore Perspectives 2023 conference on 9 January, labour chief […]