Opinions
Featuring experts, political and Labour Movement leaders, industry leaders, CEOs and thought leaders. The section aims to capture the current mood of industry transformation and disruption, future-proofing workers and policies that affect different professions.
Making Gender Equality a Reality in the Workplace
Beyond buzzwords, a look at the meaning of gender equality in the workplace and some...
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Is the Progressive Wage Model Helping Lower-Wage Workers Have Better Lives?
I used to work as a waitress in an Italian restaurant. For less than $1,000...
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A Longer Runway to Save for Retirement, or a Rainy Day
Why raising the retirement and re-employment ages in Singapore will count towards achieving retirement adequacy.
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Domestic Workers’ Day-off that Cannot be Paid-off: A (Small) Step in the Right Direction
Once-a-month mandatory rest day for migrant domestic workers to take effect at the start of...
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Ensuring Workers’ Mental Well-being; Why It Matters and Who Is Responsible for It?
More Singaporean workers are feeling stressed and burnt out from overworking. Should employers be worried...
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Where Would Singapore Be Without the NWC?
We look at what Singapore’s labour landscape would have been like without the existence of...
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Workplace Fatalities: Not All Records Are Meant to Be Broken
The rate of workplace fatalities is worrying. But are the recent measures by the Government...
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The Workers Compact: Past, Present and Future
As times change for the better or worse, the workers compact in Singapore has changed...
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Are Strikes the Best Way Forward?
As unions overseas use strikes as a first measure, Singapore uses them only as a...
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Click-and-Mortar – The New Way Forward for Retail
Home and lifestyle goods enterprise IUIGA is listening to its customers and taking its next...
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