Renewed government incentives for employing seniors
As a part of Singapore’s 2023 Action Plan for Successful Ageing, the Ministry of Manpower will be extending its Senior Employment Credit for a further two years. Those who employ senior Singaporeans (aged 60 and above), and provide them with up to $4,000 monthly wages, will be provided with wage offsets. This scheme was previously […]
Government to encourage more inclusive workplaces
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says the government is looking into ways for employers to better uphold the revamped anti-discrimination act. “We are taking actions with regard to legislation,” Wong said during the Singapore Perspectives 2023 conference on January 26. “And we will continue to see how we can encourage more employers to uphold not […]
Activities for family top list of requested work benefits
Bring them to work! That’s the top family-friendly benefit Singaporean companies can provide for their employees, according to Jobstreet’s 2022-2023 Outlook for Hiring, Compensation, and Benefits report. According to the research, 19% of Singapore companies currently provide work activities and events that can be extended to employee family members. An additional 25% plan to provide […]
Getting to know: Kaspersky’s Anastasia Shamgunova
Name: Anastasia Shamgunova Job Title: HR Director APAC, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa Company: Kaspersky Years in the role: Seven Location: Singapore Family status: Married, no kids Academic background: Ph.D. degree Corporate background: International certified coach Favourite authors: Aldous Huxley, Yuval Noah Harari, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb Leadership philosophy: Never take anything for granted. You […]
Polytechnic graduates finding themselves in high demand
An overwhelming majority of graduates from Singapore’s top polytechnic schools, or 91.8%, find employment within six months of graduation or completion of full-time National Service. The results of the 2022 Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey, which had a respondent pool of 11,253 fresh graduates from last year, and 8,738 graduates from 2019 who completed their full-time […]
Crypto firm Amber cuts Hong Kong employee count in half
The Singapore-headquartered digital currency unicorn Amber Group has terminated 40 employees in Hong Kong. This cuts the firm’s number by almost half, with effects felt across several departments, including IT, audit and compliance, and risk management, according to a report from the South China Morning Post. It is also set to shut down its retail […]
What skills will engineers need to develop further in 2023?
Green skills are set to be vital for those in the engineering profession, according to SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). As the Lion City transitions to a greener economy, cross-sector and cross-functional green skills would be highly sought after by employers, the government training agency noted. These include the following skills: Energy management and audit Sustainable engineering […]
Staff sent home as Twitter’s cost cutting hits Singapore
Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s push to cut the social media company’s spending has reached the Lion City. Twitter staff in Singapore have been reassigned as remote workers, and asked to work from home until further notice. An anoynomous insider told local media that staff were given just a few hours to leave the office at […]
Singapore passport named second best in the world
The Singapore passport lets holders travel to 192 territories visa-free, making it the second most powerful passport in the world, tied with South Korea. This is based on the latest result from the Henley Passport Index, released on January 10 this year. “The Henley Passport Index measures visa-free access to 227 destinations across the world, […]
Singapore expects full tourism recovery by 2024
The Tourism Board expects tourism activity to recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024 as more travellers flock to the Lion City. Latest government data showed that international visitor arrivals hit 6.3 million in 2022, breaking the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) forecast of four to six million visitors. Most of the visitor arrivals came from Indonesia, […]
