Singapore jobs

Singapore workers feel trapped over mismatch in expectations amid ‘job-hugging’ trend: experts

Employers, on the other hand, believe they are rocking away on employee expectations

Workers' appetite for job-switching has fallen to 31% this year from 34% in 2024, a Randstad study shows.
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Beyond Agoda's case, MOM has not received any complaints on clauses discouraging workers from approaching the authorities or unions over the last three years.

Agoda layoffs: Clauses that deter workers from going to authorities ‘should not be included’

MOM does not proactively monitor severance agreements but will investigate upon complaints, says Manpower Minister Tan See Leng

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng notes that employers are not currently required to notify MOM before retrenching workers.

MOM reviewing NTUC’s call for employers to give advance notice of retrenchments: Tan See Leng

This comes in the wake of online travel booking platform Agoda’s recent layoffs

Another poll by OCBC of 800 SME business owners shows sentiment improving slightly in Q3.

Singapore SMEs stay in growth zone in Q3, lifted by external sectors: OCBC

But most domestic-facing industries saw a slight pullback on softer local demand

Pharmaceutical firms that have broken ground on US facilities will receive exemptions.

Trump’s pharma tariffs put Singapore at ‘greatest risk’ among major exporters if no exemptions granted: economists

Without exemptions, the effective tariff rate on the Republic’s shipments could exceed 30%, compared with 4% now

The first run of the pilot in Sembawang West, developed with e2i and AI training companies, is set to begin in the next few weeks.

Government should fund young ‘AI change agents’ to help SMEs transform: Poh Li San

The MP for Sembawang West is piloting such a programme in her ward

Foreigners who work illegally in Singapore are repatriated and barred from entering for work purposes, says Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash.

450 foreigners caught working illegally in Singapore each year between 2020 and 2024

On average, 13 are prosecuted, four are fined and the rest are issued with warnings

The survey polled 1,725 business leaders at director level and above across 10 markets, including 250 in Singapore.

Chartered accountants rank second in trust among Singapore professions: survey

Globally, the occupation places third, behind doctors and engineers