productivity

Growth and inflation over the next 10 years will be significantly influenced by productivity growth

Singapore will top up $4 billion to the Government National Productivity Fund to drive innovation across industries.

Real and perceived income-wealth inequality will lead to more conflicts.

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Some 70% of Singaporean employees also expect their productivity to improve with the new flexible working arrangements.

“The measures chosen by SMEs to manage the anticipated increase in GST suggest that are looking for ways to mitigate the increase in costs without passing it on to customers,” says Mervyn Koh, UOB’s business banking head in Singapore.

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): When it comes to keeping older workers employed, Singapore has scored well among developed nations. But more can be done, says London Business School Professor Andrew Scott.

SINGAPORE (Sept 25): The global labour market is coming under increasing pressure even with expectations of economic growth to maintain its momentum over the next 12 months, finds the latest and seventh edition of the Hays Global Skills Index.

TOKYO (June 22): Japan is famous as a land of robots, but most of those machines haven’t made their way off of factory floors.

SINGAPORE (May 7): With technology evolving faster than many organisations can adapt, it is unsurprising that an increasing proportion of traditional accounting roles may soon be replaced by automation.