Fair employment

Nearly half of employers using AI in HR deploy it for recruitment: SNEF survey

2026-10-30T07:00:00.000Z
The Tripartite Workgroup on Human Capital Capability Development hopes to double the pool of certified HR professionals to 18,000 by 2030.

Report okayed by government calls for certified HR professional for larger firms from July 2028

2026-09-24T02:00:00.000Z
From left: Alvin Goh, SHRI’s chief executive officer; Patrick Tay, NTUC’s assistant secretary-general; Joyce Bijl, ManpowerGroup’s Asia Pacific and Middle East business development director; and Wang Pengji, associate professor, JCU.

Is Singapore ready for inclusive workplaces? ‘I don’t think we are’: HR institute’s chief

2026-09-17T03:39:29.000Z
Tribunal Magistrate Jared Kang described dismissal law as “a little more layered, difficult and unclear than it perhaps needed to be”.

Firm loses wrongful dismissal case despite following termination clause

2026-08-10T09:53:52.000Z
A total of 13,083 employment claims and appeals were lodged in 2025, with 43% by local employees.

Employment claims rise in 2025 amid business reorganisation and restructuring

2026-07-24T10:00:00.000Z
China mandates that labour disputes undergo arbitration before reaching trial.

Companies cannot fire workers to replace them with AI, China courts rule

2026-05-03T08:03:24.000Z
A humanoid robot at the 2026 Zhongguancun forum in Beijing on Mar 25.

Chinese firm uses employee data to build AI worker, stoking job security debate

2026-05-03T06:00:00.000Z
Manpower Minister Tan See Leng says the index  shines a light on how organisations create opportunities for their workers, showing how employers shape outcomes through everyday human capital decisions.

Singapore unveils inaugural list of 300 employers recognised for career, wage progression

2026-01-21T09:44:27.000Z
Too many policies that promote fairness also promote zero-sum thinking about the economy, under which more opportunity for the less fortunate means less opportunity for everyone else.

The economy needs a little bit of unfairness

2025-12-26T04:00:00.000Z
Twelve Cupcakes' 80 staff lost their jobs overnight when the bakery chain closed suddenly.
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F&B closures: retrenched, unpaid staff may be ahead of most creditors – but will they ever see their salaries?

2025-11-07T05:45:02.000Z