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Job policies seen as key to supporting re-hiring, even as layoffs re-entry rate holds up
Published Mon, Sep 7, 2020 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
RESIDENTS' hiring prospects held up in Singapore in the first half of the year, despite the Covid-19 downturn.
But the time that it takes for retrenched workers to land on their feet will depend in the months ahead on both the path of the virus outbreak and job support from government measures, watchers remarked.
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