Posts Tagged ‘worker’
From rank outsider to public guardian: Philip Jeyaretnam (ST 4 Dec)
Insight Home > Insight > Story Dec 4, 2009 From rank outsider to public guardian Tongues wagged when Mr Philip Jeyaretnam was sworn in as a member of the Public Service Commission. Has he been co-opted by the Government? Is it not at [...]
Foreigners for skilled service jobs must clear English test (ST 3 Dec)
Mr Wan (far right) with his coursemates, his Taiwanese waitress colleague Sophia Lu, 23 and Chinese national Zhou De Jun, a houseman at the Ritz-Carlton. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG Dec 3, 2009 Foreigners for skilled service jobs must clear [...]
Canada, Australia ranked best places for expats (Reuter 26 Nov)
Canada, Australia ranked best places for expats Reuters - Thursday, November 26 Send IM Story Print CANBERRA - Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found [...]
Key findings: Singapore workforce survey 2009 (Asiaone 30 Nov)
Key findings: Singapore workforce survey 2009 Unemployment rose to 5.9 per cent. -AsiaOne Mon, Nov 30, 2009 AsiaOne These are the key findings from the comprehensive Labour Force Survey conducted in mid-2009 by the Ministry of Manpower's [...]
What’s your relationship IQ? (Smart Marriages)
What's Your Relationship IQ? Diane Sollee, SmartMarriages.com Tango June 2007 Questions: 1) The number one predictor of divorce is: a) Ongoing disagreement over money and financial issues. b) The habitual avoidance of conflict. c) Yelling [...]
Still careers for sons, spouses for daughters (ST 26 Nov)
IN ITS latest gender gap index, the World Economic Forum found Singapore to have improved marginally on its previous score to reach 0.666, where '1' indicates full equality between men and women. But the Republic dropped a spot from last year, and [...]
Looking for a “better fit” (Today 26 Nov)
Look for a 'better fit' Rather than aim for scientific breakthroughs, sell knowledge: Researchers 05:55 AM Nov 26, 2009 by Loh Chee Kong SINGAPORE - The buzz words "innovation" and "productivity" have long been bandied about, in [...]
Chefs get poached (Sunday Times 22 Nov)
The chance to work in various F&B disciplines and 'orchestrate a group of chefs' was what made Mr John Sloane (foreground) leave his post as executive chef at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services Catering to be the vice-president of F&B [...]
Rehiring loopholes to be nabbed (ST 20 Nov)
THERE are still two years to go before a law requiring employers to rehire workers beyond the age of 62 is put in place. However, it would seem that employers are already being given a way out of rehiring their retirees. The draft guidelines on [...]
Older workers are like fine wine (My Paper 20 Nov)
Business @ AsiaOne Older workers are like fine wine Older workers' experience could never be replaced by cheaper, younger graduate hires. -myp Fri, Nov 20, 2009 my paper I APPLAUD the proposal by the Government to give a [...]
My ST Forum Online Letter: Let’s strive for a kinder and softer society (19 Nov)
ST Forum Home > ST Forum > Online Story Nov 19, 2009 Let's strive for a kinder and softer society I APPLAUD the initiative by the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) last weekend to push for a kinder society. I hope each of [...]
China the next big risk (Today 17 Nov)
China the next big risk 05:55 AM Nov 17, 2009 by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard FAR from taking over as the engine of growth from an exhausted West, China is making matters worse. Its policies continue to play havoc with global trade and risk [...]
62 and not re-hired: One-off payment proposed (ST 17 Nov)
62 and not re-hired: One-off payment proposed Draft guidelines give companies flexibility to offer re-employment By Kor Kian Beng ON TURNING 62, a Singapore worker can expect his company to offer him continued employment under a [...]
Put yourself in employer’s shoes (Today 17 Nov)
Put yourself in employer's shoes 05:55 AM Nov 17, 2009 Letter from Chin Kee Thou RECENTLY, media reports and letters to the press on the contentious issue of pregnant workers being laid off without equitable compensation or non-confirmation [...]
Singaporeans wrestle with likely impact of two new casinos (Seah Chiang Nee)
Saturday November 14, 2009 Singaporeans wrestle with likely impact of two new casinos Insight Down South By SEAH CHIANG NEE Between personal tragedy and recovery from an economic crisis, the pros and cons of big-time gambling are still being [...]
