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JGI aims to boost employers' hiring of locals, create more good jobs: Josephine Teo

Nisha Ramchandani

Nisha Ramchandani

Published Tue, Aug 18, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    THE Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI) aims to stretch employers' budget for manpower growth to create more good jobs for Singaporeans, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

    The S$1 billion scheme is Singapore's "biggest push ever for jobs" to match the seriousness of the impact that Covid-19 is having on businesses, she went on to highlight.

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