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As manpower needs rise in Singapore, employers can no longer just rely on local employees and would require foreign employees to supplement the workforce. As foreign employees are of different skills, talents levels and nationalities, our Government needs to have a certain control over the employment of foreign labour in Singapore.At this workshop, participants will learn about the Employment of...
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The employer owes the employee various duties in relation to health and safety at work. These employer duties emanate either from common law or from statute. The Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) is enacted to govern these duties. The Factories Act was repealed and replaced with the WSHA on 1 March 2006. With the introduction of the WSHA, all workplaces are now covered.In view of the WSHA, ...
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When a Payroll Administrator does not pay in accordance to the legislation such as the Employment Act (EA), Child Development Co-Savings Act (CDCA) and Central Provident Fund Act (CPFA), Employment (Part-Time employees) Regulations, then there is an infringement of the legislation. Should an employee lodge a complaint with the proper authorities such as the Ministry of Manpower and the Central Pro...
1 DAY WORKSHOP PACKAGED WITH THE BOOK ON THE TRUTH ABOUT CATCHING LIES(A practical guide book on conducting interviews in an investigation)INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWInterviews are used extensively by investigators and others to establish the facts of a case, complaint or accuracy of information given. This course conducted by an experienced practitioner will provide participants with the application ...
Negotiation Skills for Human Resource and Industrial Relations Professionals 1. Know what is negotiation and why negotiation2. Understand the negotiation challenges3. Understand the negotiation focus – positions or interests4. Know what are the negotiation matters5. Appreciate the difference between distributive negotiation and integrative negotiation6. Understand that negotiator’s agenda...
As of 1 April 2014, professionals, managers and executives ( PMEs ) earning a basic salary of not more than $4,500 are now covered under the Employment Act and may seek redress against wrongful and unfair dismissal by their employers with the Ministry of Manpower. The treatment of this category of employee would now be quite similar to the rank and file employees who are covered under the Employme...
Work Injury Compensation is a benefit mandated by the Work Injury Compensation Act (WICA). In Singapore, as long as an employee is working under a contract of service, he will be covered under the WICA. Regardless of how safe an employer may try to make his workplace, on-the-job accidents and job related illnesses unfortunately may still occur. Workers’ compensation has become increasingly...
As reported in the Straits Times dated 4 May 2014, companies faced with manpower crunch are offering bonuses, medical benefits and even supermarket vouchers to attract and retain part workers. Also, as stated in the media, part-timers work less than 35 hours a week and are entitled to rest days, overtime pay and pro-rated leave. Question is can part-timers work overtime, hence, work more than 35 h...
It is legally binding, for employers to fulfill their CPF obligations to their employees. It is also equally as important for payroll administrators to be able to process payroll in an accurate and timely manner. Therefore, HR practitioners and Payroll Administrators must have a very clear understanding of the rationale and basis of the legislation as to when, why and who should be paid etc. Thi...
Embarking on collective bargaining can be a daunting exercise, full of practical problems and conflicts, even for the most experienced human resource practitioners and representatives. Relationships are at the heart of collective bargaining and that makes acting in good faith fundamental to the successful negotiation of agreements. Preparations, management-union relationship, communication skill...
It is no doubt that in many companies, there is already a culture of line managers working closely with HR in order to address people management responsibilities. However, it is also clear that line managers felt vulnerable about taking on more of what they saw as traditional aspects of the HR-role- such as dealing with poor staff performance-without direct access to HR support and undertaking add...
The Retirement Age Act has been amended to the Retirement and Re-Employment Act which was effected on 1 January 2012. With this amendment, there is no change in the statutory retirement age of 62 but a statutory re-employment till the age of 65 is instituted.With this new statutory re-employment law, can an employer dismiss an employee with or without notice prior to the employee reaching 62, whet...
On 3 November 2014, the Singapore Parliament introduced amendments to the Industrial Relations Act (IRA) to allow greater trade union representation for Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs), except those with specific responsibilities. In addition, on 26 November 2014, the tripartite partners namely the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Singapore Nation...
The Employment Act is the key legislation that governs employer and employee relationship in Singapore. It forms the basis for employee and employer’s working terms and conditions and rights and obligations of employment.The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced changes to the Employment Act Singapore (EA) which will ensure better protection for Professionals, Managers and Executives (PM...