Singapore manpower

Over half of employers plan hiring freeze, wage moderation despite better outlook: SNEF poll

2026-09-03T03:52:08.000Z
From left: Claressa Monteiro, head of audio, The Business Times; Mark Tham, country managing director, Accenture Singapore; Dilys Boey, chief executive, Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Kok Ping Soon, chief executive officer, Singapore Business Federation; Lee Yan Hong, head of group human resources, DBS.

Bringing tech and people together for Singapore’s AI future

2026-09-01T23:00:00.000Z
Roundtable participants (from left) Claressa Monteiro, head of audio, The Business Times; Mark Tham, country managing director, Accenture Singapore; Dilys Boey, chief executive, Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Kok Ping Soon, chief executive officer, Singapore Business Federation; Lee Yan Hong, head of group human resources, DBS.

For true AI transformation, go beyond deployment and using tools

2026-09-01T23:00:00.000Z
DPM Gan (left) with Euston Quah, president of the Economic Society of Singapore, at the society’s 70th anniversary dinner.

Singapore cannot assume economic growth will create as many jobs amid AI shift: Gan Kim Yong

2026-08-27T12:32:16.000Z
Expanded childcare leave provisions are expected to increase the demand for temporary manpower coverage.

NDR 2026: New workplace policies for parents add options to labour market

2026-08-25T11:52:59.000Z
Singapore’s overall population, including its labour force, will grow more slowly in the coming years, says PM Wong.

NDR 2026: Singapore will welcome foreign manpower, but ensure citizens remain the majority

2026-08-23T12:59:14.000Z
Singapore intends to scale up the use of autonomous vehicles amid manpower constraints, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sunday.

NDR 2026: Singapore won’t block tech for being disruptive, but will support affected workers

2026-08-23T12:21:20.000Z
Under the qualification arrangement, eligible ICAI members will be exempted from all six foundation-level modules of the Singapore Chartered Accountant Qualification.

Singapore, India accounting bodies take ‘stepping stone’ towards mutual recognition of qualifications

2026-08-21T09:37:57.000Z
IMDA is expanding the TechSkills Accelerator initiative to offer almost 2,000 tech job and training opportunities with over 20 companies.

SCS launches AI skills pathway; IMDA introduces legal sector AI fluency programmes, more tech jobs

2026-08-20T02:20:18.000Z
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