Teacher sues MOE after fall in school (ST 15 Jan)
A PRIMARY school teacher is taking the Ministry of Education (MOE) to court after she fractured her right ankle by jumping from a height of 3.7m to get out from her school premises.
The 38-year-old found herself locked in the school on a Saturday morning in Feb 2006, screamed for help for 30 minutes and then decided to leap to freedom.
She climbed over a ventilation gap between the first and second floors and jumped out onto a grass patch, but injured herself badly enough to need 100 days of medical leave.
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S’pore workers put in longest hours: Survey (ST 11 Jan)
Jan 11, 2010
S’pore workers put in longest hours: Survey
They top international poll of 13 economies; MOM’s figure is 45.9 hours a week for 2008
The report puts them at the top of 13 economies in the group’s Global Wages Report for 2008-09, surpassing even the notoriously hardworking Japanese and Taiwanese.
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Opinion: Poor Employment Practices – Lack of Compensation Package
Our Poor Employment Practics – Lack of Compensation Package
Written by: Gilbert Goh
Many people who were retrenched during the recent recession lamented how badly they were treated after been laid off by their companies. Though retrenchment is generally expected by many people when there is a down turn, more can be done by the authorities to ensure that compensation is paid out when someone is being laid off.
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HR changes in the past decade (HR Online)
Jan 4, 2010
HR changes in the past decade
Benefits, revised notions of work are among the concepts that have evolved quietly
REVISIONS to the notion of work and the evolution of benefits are two workplace concepts that have quietly changed during the past 10 years.
Human Resource Executive Online (HREOnline) magazine, in a report on Wednesday, went digging for these and other key working life trends that slid into the picture without that burst of recognition accompanying them.
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Why you should embrace that contract (Today)
For many workers the data may be unnerving. Instead of an increase in permanent employment, what’s actually rising is contract employment.
The latest Singapore Workforce report from the Ministry of Manpower showed that nearly 13 per cent of resident employees are on term contracts. On top of this, the percentage of part-timers in the resident workforce rose from 6.8 per cent last year to 8.4 per cent this year. With such a high proportion of employees currently in contract and part-time positions – and with the percentages rising – the very nature of employment has changed substantially.
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Savouring the taste of success (ST 26 Nov)
A CLOSE bond formed by a group of students while studying overseas has blossomed into one of the most successful restaurant chains in Singapore.
Mr Andrew Chan, 35, Ms Anna Lim, 34, and Mr Benedict Leow, 36, met while studying in Perth at Australia’s Murdoch University some 15 years ago for their bachelor’s degrees.
The trio returned to Singapore after graduation – Ms Lim in 1996, followed by Mr Chan and Mr Leow in 1997 – with plans to settle into regular nine-to-five jobs.
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Older workers are like fine wine (My Paper 20 Nov)
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My ST Forum Online Letter: Let’s strive for a kinder and softer society (19 Nov)
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 us will bring kindness to our everyday life and not just that weekend.
Singapore has much progress to make in spreading kind acts throughout society. Many people are too stressed out by the struggle to make ends meet. The economic downturn does not help. In fact, it has forced many to strive to put themselves ahead in the workplace, oblivious to the feelings of their colleagues. Survival of the fittest seems to reign.
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Working less now to work longer later (Sunday Times 15 Nov)
Shefali Rekhi
Working five days a week and retiring in your 60s is the norm in many societies.
But leading researchers of life expectancy at the Ageing Research Centre of the University of Southern Denmark are calling for a change.
A study of life expectancy trends in the past century shows that many people can expect to live longer and the majority of those born after 2000 will likely cross 100.
Based on this, Professor Kaare Christensen and his colleagues are suggesting that people should have the option to work fewer hours during their prime years, have more time for family and leisure, and the opportunity to retire much later.
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Slowing the flow of foreign workers to Singapore (ST 13 Nov)
 It is inevitable that foreigner numbers will continue to swell but the crucial thing is how many the country can accommodate and how fast it wants to grow, says Prof Hui. — ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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SINGAPORE could have gone ‘overboard’ in its quest to maximise growth over the last two years before it was hit by the recession.
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25 Things I Learned About Business from “Its Always Sunny” (Focus Editors)
Fans of FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia might chuckle at the idea of gleaning serious business advice from such a silly show. Between Frank’s bluntness and Deandra’s cluelessness, the characters are hardly captains of industry. But a little imagination goes a long way, and business lessons are practically jumping out of the TV screen at executives open-minded enough to see them. So take a break from the usual platitude-filled management texts, sit back, and learn the 25 things It’s Always Sunny can teach you about business.
Stick to proven business models
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Unemployment blues: Value of temporary work (SD editorials)
Although the job market has improved over the past year, many employers are still reluctant to make a long term commitment to growing their employee rolls until it is clear that a solid economic expansion is underway. They need new staff to handle the increase in orders and customer demands but are loath to hire permanent workers who may have to be cut in a few months if business stagnates. Any reduction in force carries major headaches for a company: employee morale falls, lawsuits arise, precious time is eaten up in non-productive meetings, and severance packages cut into narrowing profit margins.
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Recessions may be good for your health (China Daily 29 Sep)
NEW YORK – Economic downturns may not be good for your bottom line but they might be a boon to your health, according to a study on health trends during the 20 years around the Great Depression.
Researchers from the University of Michigan found U.S. life expectancy increased by 6 years between 1929 and 1932, from 57 to 63, with the increase occurring for both men and women and for whites and non-whites.
The number of deaths from disease, accidents and infant mortality during the Great Depression also fell.
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More than 100,000 employers to receive $890 million (Asiaone 22 Sep)
More than 100,000 employers to receive $890 million
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
AsiaOne
More than 100,000 employers, with whom about 1.4 million local workers are employed, will receive $890 million from the third payment of Jobs Credit on September 30, 2009.
Eligible employers will receive a letter of notification from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) by Thursday, September 24. This letter will inform them of the amount of Jobs Credit they will receive for the third payment.
Employers do not need to sign-up, as eligible employers will automatically be granted the Jobs Credit. This includes those who did not qualify during the first two installments.
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Facing Joblessness With Confidence – Be Prepared
This article was reproduced here in Jan 09.
Many who visited this blog site I believe will have been retrenched or preparing for retrenchment. However, it is not the end of the world yet.
The unemployed need to prepare themselves well if they are retrenched. Those with severance package definitely have the upper hand to wait out the prolonged down turn. Those without will face the future with less confidence.
Nevertheless, staying prepared for retrenchment even if one is working now help.
