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Our Beloved Nation:
Singapore
Structure and Activities of Trade
Unions
Roles of Trade Unions
Escalate matter to the Ministry of Manpower or take industrial action if employer is ruthless
Industrial action may include strikes, picketing or working slowly
Ensure that retrenchment the last resort and workers get fair compensation
Look after the livelihoods of members by ensuring their employment and employability
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)
Help Singapore stay competitive and workers remain employable for life
Enhance the social status and well-being of our members and working people
Build a strong, responsible and caring labour movement
Vision
Being an inclusive labour movement for all collars, ages and nationalities
Programmes
Migrant Workers Centre Help Kiosks
NTUC Job Security Council
Progressive Wage Incentive/Model
Latest News
NTUC Supports Singapore Business Federation’s Recommendations to Uplift Women in the Workforce
empower and advance the interest of all women.
opportunities to further uplift women in the workforce
Real Income of Lower-Wage Workers’ Surpasses Pre-COVID Levels
Resident Employment Rates Increases
Resident Unemployment Improves but Remains Elevated
PAP and NTUC Must Strengthen Symbiotic Relationship in Tandem with Industry and Worker 4.0, Says AUPE General Secretary Sanjeev Tiwari
reinforce the foundations, and
rethink of our relationship and how this will fit into the current scheme of things and be future ready
PAP government must explore new initiatives and deliver them in partnership with the Labour Movement and unions
unions to represent, advocate, and provide support to workers would be an uphill task without the proper support from the PAP government in setting the right policies and alignment
Approaches of collective bargaining process
Having agreement between an employer and the trade union on the employees’ terms and conditions of employment
Filed to the Industrial Arbitration Court for certification within one week from the date of signing.
Employer or the trade union can serve a notice to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to request for conciliation assistance if CA cannot be concluded
MOM to proceed to arrange a conciliation meeting within 14 days upon receipt of the notification from either party and
invite the management and the union for the meeting with a view to helping both parties to resolve the collective agreement dispute amicably.
Tripartism social partnership
form of tripartite partnership and engagement have better economic and social outcomes
economic efficiency
social equity
Top Line Growth
SBS Transit's News
SBST paid 5 drivers below the Ministry of Manpower's regulated rate for overtime work and that their working hour records do not match their monthly pay slips.
SBST referred the terms of the collective agreement to the IAC, which serves as a "last resort" for resolving industrial disputes, as they affect not only the five drivers but also about 6,000 other SBST drivers.
IAC also found that the bus captains' terms are equal to or more favourable than those that they are entitled to under the Employment Act
Recommendations to overcome the challenges and issues faced
Political
Democratic parties to work hand in hand in handling poliical controversials
Enforce on discipline within members in parties
Social
implement campaigns and talks to reinforce racial discrimination
Creating platforms for minorities to express themselves
Economic
increase hiring of foriegn talents
Increase miminum wages for employees under employment act
subsidies and tax reduction from government
Technological
Send proficient staffs on high qualified technology system software workshops to upgrade skill sets
Singapore to aspire from high technological countries like Japan, China and adopt similar technological approach
Shared challenges and issues faced
Social
Racism Discrimination
important for young people to speak up about such issues so that discrimination is not perpetuated by future generations.
sexism and discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.
hopefully lead to people being more empathetic in their treatment towards people of different ethnicities.
create a community for minorities
Disparity of benefits for single-mom and single-dad
Political
PAP needed to tackle a myriad of domestic issues managing the impact of...
technological disruption
housing affordability
increased social spending for the ageing population
Latest News on MP Raeesah Khan
admitted to lying in Parliament at an earlier sitting about details of a sexual assault case that she had alleged was mishandled by the police.
Indranee Rajah raised an official complaint against Ms Khan for breaching her parliamentary privilege
had formed a disciplinary panel to investigate Ms Khan's admissions
Raeesah Khan has given evidence to the Committee of Privileges that she had been told by WP leaders to stick to a lie she had made in Parliament
CPF rules will make for a more inclusive economy and society
no changes to CPF withdrawal rules, such as the minimum lump-sum withdrawal age of 55 and automatic retirement payout age of 70
may lead to unsafe working practices in risky fields
Economic
slower growth due to aging population
productivity weakens
falling fertility rates
tighter immigration guidelines
Inequality
distribution of the benefits of economic growth remain skewed
government mitigation through transfers and taxes is limited in scope compared to other high-income and more developed economies
Competitiveness
capacity to deliver returns on investment that are superior to competitors
performing less impressively in terms of its cost structure,
one of the expensive places to live
cost burden on companies operating in Singapore has also increased
business costs are rising faster
rising costs, ageing demographics, lacklustre productivity growth, and a dearth of entrepreneurial talent and innovation
Technological
Legacy infrastructures
outdated internal office systems
Historic data that is unable to be processed by new system formats
turn decades of intelligence into worthless information
Lack of digital talent
proficient staff required to truly transform an enterprise
legacy staff interpreted digital transformation as a threat to their job security
unconsciously resist change
Uncertainty of the effectiveness
Half of SMEs surveyed expressed uncertainties about how to incorporate new digital technologies
cost and non-immediate return of investment heavily considered
Investments
Foreign Direct Investments
increased by 41,342 SGD Million in the second quarter of 2021
Sectors
Financial Service and Banking
Media
Legal Services
Land Ownership and Real Estate
ASEAN Contributions
first free trade agreement (FTA) ratified by Singapore in 1992 was the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme
entered into bilateral FTAs with key trade partners such as the U.S, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and several other countrie
acted as a regional signatory to the establishment of 10 regional free trade areas
signed two globally significant FTAs
European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA)
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
known as one of the world’s easiest places to set up and do business
having one of ASEAN’s lowest corporate tax rates (17%) and a plethora of tax incentives and grants to further reduce companies’ tax burdens.
fostering a robust ASEAN community through several formal programmes, and especially through education
Ministry of Education also gives out prestigious ASEAN scholarships to students from the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam
provides subsidies under SkillsFuture,3 its lifelong-learning initiative, for Singaporeans applying for the ASEAN Leadership Programme
provide opportunities for networking, understanding of the burgeoning Southeast Asian markets, as well as cross-cultural learning among Southeast Asian youth.