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Employment

Economy & Policy

New Bill sets out how employees can make discrimination claims at work

The Singapore Opportunity Index categorises top-performing companies into three archetypes: Career Launcher, Career Builder, or Career Anchor.
Singapore

New MOM index finds top employers across all sectors and sizes

The smoothness of transitions between school and work affects both youth well-being and also the adaptability of the broader economy, says the writer.
Opinion & Features

Early-career continuity is a competitive advantage

The shutdown has sent hundreds of thousands of US federal workers home, with spillover effects to contractors, thousands of whom have been furloughed.
International

US weekly jobless claims increased amid government shutdown, economists estimate

MOM said some workers were misled about key employment terms such as salary and duration of employment.
Singapore

Services sector dominates cases involving misuse of work passes for foreign trainees; nearly half of probed firms face enforcement

Stable wage gains along with steady inflation remain a key condition for the BOJ to stay on its gradual tightening path.
International

Japan’s jobless rate edges up to highest in over a year

America's economic dynamism may be hardly undone by tightening up on the inflow of foreign talent.
Opinion & Features

The US$100,000 fee should not damage America’s economy: an ex-H-1B visa holder reflects

Official data published earlier this month showed vacancies rose in the three months to August and wage growth cooled slightly in the May-to-July period.
International

UK job postings fall, firms downbeat about outlook: surveys

95 per cent of firms express confidence in Singapore's long term future as a business centre.
Economy & Policy

British firms’ confidence in Singapore climbs high, navigating cost and talent pressures: survey

NTUC is working with tripartite partners to ensure senior workers have real choices, flexibility and dignity, with fair access to AI-related training and upskilling opportunities.
Singapore

Labour MP Patrick Tay suggests jobseeker support for higher-paid retrenched workers, new workgroup to protect workers in AI age

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