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Covid-19 Fortitude Budget
Government injects additional $33 billion in Covid-19 relief measures, with focus on jobs
“This a landmark package and a necessary response for this unprecedented crisis,” says DPM Heng
May 26, 2020
Covid-19
Government injects additional $33 billion in Covid-19 relief measures, with focus on jobs
“This a landmark package and a necessary response for this unprecedented crisis,” says DPM Heng
May 06, 2020
Inclusive society
UOB launches initiative to help business clients hire those with disabilities
SINGAPORE (July 16): To help put more people with disabilities into jobs, United Overseas Bank (UOB) on Tuesday launched a programme to connect their private sector clients with social service agencies that can help with the hiring process.
July 16, 2019
Labour market
Beyond unemployment
SINGAPORE (June 3): For much of the post-World War II period, economic policy has focused on unemployment. The massive job losses of the Great Depression — reversed only when WWII, and the massive debt accumulated to finance it, kick-started economic gr
May 31, 2019
Commentary
Where do good jobs come from?
(May 6): Around the world this May Day, policy proposals that would have appeared radical just a few years ago are now on the agenda. In the US, for example, high marginal tax rates, wealth taxes and single-payer healthcare have become mainstream ideas. Y
May 06, 2019
Disruption and Digitalisation
Gig workers may enjoy enviable perks but tend to save less: Manulife
SINGAPORE (Oct 4): Joining Singapore’s rising gig economy certainly comes with benefits, such as flexibility and job satisfaction, that a regular nine-to-five desk job may not offer. Those who opt to do so are however finding it harder to save compared
October 04, 2018
Global Economy
Buffett's newspaper group slashes 289 jobs
NEW YORK (April 4): Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. eliminated 289 jobs at its newspapers amid a decline in print readership and advertising revenue.
April 04, 2017
Singapore government efforts drive spike in vacancies for IT experts
SINGAPORE (March 27): While employers across Asia generally remained cautious in their hiring activates during the last quarter of 2016, there has been a particular surge in demand for professionals within the financial service and IT space, according the
March 27, 2017
Inbound investments to create fewer jobs in 2017: EDB
SINGAPORE (Feb 2): The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) announced Thursday that it has lowered its forecast for the number of jobs created from inbound fixed asset investments in 2017.
February 02, 2017
Amid Singapore’s slowing economy, these life science professions are still high in demand
SINGAPORE (Nov 21): Despite Singapore’s slowing economy and volatile economic environment, the city state’s maturing life science industry continues to report a strong demand for talent, says Randstad Singapore.
November 21, 2016