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BARELY a month after becoming a father, a 36-year-old systems engineer was issued his marching orders without prior notice last December.
Adding to his woes, he was owed $6,000 – two months’ worth of pay – by his employer, who he claimed stonewalled his attempts to get the money.
He said: ‘It was a hit for me. I tried to tighten my belt, but I needed cash for my baby, the hospital bills and so on.’
SINGAPORE: Unions have also expressed their support for the National Wages Council’s wage guidelines. Still, the question of holding onto jobs amid the continuing uncertainty remains uppermost on workers’ minds.
For months, workers have been told to be realistic and flexible. And the National Wages Council’s latest guidelines will provide some reassurance that retrenchments will be a last resort. But many are still worried.
AN F1 car’s engine has a capacity of 2,4000cc, about the same as a high-end Toyota Camry model.
But while the Camry’s engine generates 167 horsepower – a measure of how powerful a car is – the F1 car has 700hp and can reach top speeds of more than 400km an hour.
This is because the F1 car does not rely just on engine size, but on other factors such as better fuel systems and boosters to improve performance, Mr Cedric Foo (West Coast GRC) noted yesterday, using the car as an analogy for the economy.
Guidelines for employers revised amid fears of a prolonged recession
By Kor Kian Beng
EMPLOYERS have been given a revised set of guidelines on managing excess workers, in a move to further help them cut costs and save jobs.
It was prompted by the worsening economy and prospects of a prolonged recession, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday, in a statement with tripartite partners the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF).
TWO reports circulating on the Internet that half of the 10,000 jobs at Sentosa’s upcoming integrated resort (IR) have been set aside for foreigners have created a furore among some Singaporeans.
Two publications in the Philippines – the Manila Standard Today and the Philippine Star – on April 4 quoted the country’s President Gloria Arroyo as saying she has secured 5,000 positions at the casino-resort – opening next year – for Filipinos.
She was quoted as saying she had sent a delegation to Singapore last month to explore job opportunities for Filipino nationals here, and added that Labour Secretary Marianito Roque met Resorts World at Sentosa chief executive officer Tan Hee Teck to talk about opportunities for Filipinos.
SINGAPORE: A joint operation over several months between the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Manpower Ministry (MOM) has resulted in the dismantling of an illegal labour supply syndicate.
Four people were charged in the Subordinate Courts on Wednesday for various offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA).
One of the accused persons, Shamsul Hoque Abdur Rahim, a work permit holder, is believed to be a key player in this syndicate.
The death of an Indian crane operator prompted 300 foreign workers to gather outside the PSA Building yesterday.
The contract workers, largely from India, are employed by PSA International as port operation workers and stay in a dormitory on Pulau Brani.
They had turned up in front of the building in Alexandra Road at about 9am yesterday, hoping to speak to their employer about a change in meal arrangements.
ON THE weekend before Chinese New Year – and for two months after that – auxiliary police officers were deployed daily to patrol the streets of Little India.
It was an unusual sight – the first time that these officers had been sent to keep an eye on the large number of foreign workers who congregate there.
The deployment was a suggestion by a new Ministerial Steering Committee – one of its first acts since being set up in January to deal with issues arising from the presence of foreign workers in Singapore.
HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan is considering raising the amount of insurance that employers must buy for foreign workers who are on work permits.
He said the $5,000 minimum, set at the beginning of last year, might no longer be adequate.
He made this point at a dialogue yesterday when presented with a scenario involving a maid who had incurred $10,000 in medical expenses while she was covered for only half that amount.
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