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Without access to foreign workers and global talent, growth will slow, innovation will weaken and Singapore’s position as a business hub will come under pressure.

Opinion & Features

Why Singapore’s workforce needs both openness and a strong local core

Workplace integration must become a core economic capability to solve the country’s manpower crunch

The US’ unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%, pointing to continued labour market stability.

US job growth misses expectations in June; jobless rate falls to 4.2%

Non-farm payrolls increased by 57,000 jobs in the month

Employers announced plans to hire 10,933 workers in June, down 44 per cent from May.

US private payrolls gains slow in June; planned layoffs drop 53%

Private employment rose by 98,000 jobs last month after an unrevised 122,000 advance in May

A UN-backed scientific panel says more dialogue between developers, states and the scientific community must take place to effectively govern AI.

AI development may be progressing too fast to manage risks effectively: UN experts

Frontier and agentic systems present escalating risks, where gains are ‘not automatic’

The BOE is closely watching Britain’s job market to see if higher oil prices caused by the Iran war will trigger bigger wage rises.

UK wages grow faster than expected in three months ended April

Holding at 3.4%, it beats economists’ expectations of a decline to 3.2%

When a job is restructured out of existence, the worker loses the career infrastructure, professional identity and forward momentum that was built around the role.

Opinion & Features

Why middle management isn’t ‘safe’ from AI displacement

Across companies in Singapore and beyond, strong performers are being let go as their roles get absorbed

Vietnam has the highest rate of generative AI usage among the South-east Asian markets surveyed, with 36% of workers saying they used such tools “nearly every day”.

Vietnam workers keenest on AI in South-east Asia; Singapore employees among most sceptical: survey

The city-state’s labour force doubts the tech’s productive capacity and is wary of its impact on job security

Total employment's expansion in Q1 is underpinned by stronger resident employment gains.

Singapore’s total employment growth slows in Q1; job vacancies dip while retrenchments inch up

Labour market conditions should stay resilient, but firms will be more cautious in hiring, raising wages: MOM

Syn Pitarn Group has built a lending business around Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, offering small loans ranging from 8,000 to 40,000 baht.

Millions-strong Myanmar diaspora fuels Thai market from craft beer to credit

The community spends over 221 billion baht a year, creating a new consumer market for the kingdom

Once in the hundreds, postings for the City of London’s corporate lawyers, software developers, management consultants and digital marketing managers have all slumped into the double-digits.

AI turns coders, lawyers and analysts into ghosts of London’s past

Businesses have invested a lot in the technology, but the radical gains many hoped for have yet to materialise

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