“Postman” wages disappeared?
$100m for productivity enhancements and help schemes? I refer to the article “SingPost sets aside S$100m for productivity enhancements and help schemes” (Channel NewsAsia, Sep…
Jobs
The rise and fall of foreign workers?
TR Emeritus September 19th, 2013 I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) press release “Labour Market, Second Quarter 2013” and Annex. Alas, local employment…
NTUC: Raising funds to help needy members?
TR Emeritus September 17th, 2013 I refer to the article “Efforts ramped up to get more to give” (Straits Times, Sep 16). It states that…
NTUC says wages up but MOM stats show wages down?
September 8th, 2013 | Author: Contributions Leong Sze Hian 18,378 workers pay increase! But what about the rest of the workers? Waiters’ pay dropped 11%?…
Jobs: Some issues and questions?
WDA is a statutory board of the MOM The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Abbreviation: WDA; Chinese: 新加坡劳动力发展局) is a statutory board under the Ministry of…
Helping low-wage workers: “Wayang” continues?
Wah few thousand workers’ pay increased! Er what about all the workers in that job hah? So many schemes after so many years to help…
Curtailing influx of foreign labour: “Wayang” continues?
We are curtailing the influx of foreign workers! Er but 85,200 more foreign workers against 35,445 S’poreans? What about new citizens & new PRs? Even…
6 of 8 job categories negative real wage growth? (Part 2)
In part 1, I talked about why most Singaporeans may not know how bad the wage statistics are, due to the changes in publication and…
6 of 8 job categories negative real wage growth? (Part 1)
Thanks to Janice for the link After writing “The hunt for MOM labour data” (theonlinecitizen, Aug 23), a reader, Janice Heng was very helpful in…
The hunt for MOM labour data
Wage report disappeared? You still can find in web site? Income data disappeared? Oh now all in 1 web site? Cleaners’ wages increased! Not true…