Budget 2025: Support boost to help employers hold on to older workers
[Straits Times] - 02/18/2025
Wage offsets for employers who hire seniors, ex-offenders and persons with disabilities will be extended.
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Budget 2025: People with disabilities to get extra help to secure jobs
The Matched Retirement Savings Scheme will also be expanded to include eligible S'poreans with disabilities of all ages.
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025
Ex-employee of SIA Engineering Company gets 9 months’ jail for cheating
Leong Siew Pui’s offences involved more than $96,000.
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025
Ratify the High Seas Treaty for national reasons, and for the planet: Vivian
As at Feb 18, only 17 countries out of the 108 that signed the treaty have ratified the agreement.
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025
Budget 2025: $300 monthly allowance for workers on part-time training; SUSS to have new city campus
Mid-career workers in part-time courses will receive the allowance from early 2026.
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025
Don’t ignore that spinning feeling: Your guide to vertigo diagnosis and treatment
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[Straits Times] - 17/02/2025
WP leaders kept prior knowledge of former MP’s lie from party members: Judge
The judge also pointed out conflict of interest issues.
[Straits Times] - 17/02/2025
‘Respect me!’ — IT boss slams desk, points his finger in SG worker’s face, threatens and humiliates him during meeting
SINGAPORE: On Sunday (Feb 16), a Singaporean worker shared on social media that the IT... The post ‘Respect me!’ — (…)
[The Independent] - 17/02/2025
UN fund hopes to cash in on nature’s bounty. Is it a game-changer?
UN Cali Fund aims to collect millions, and possibly billions, of dollars for the conservation of nature and to (…)
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025
More than $230,000 lost to PDPC officer impersonation scam; at least 4 cases reported
Victims were told their mobile numbers had been used for criminal activities in Malaysia.
[Straits Times] - 17/02/2025
Ex-director at zoo admits obtaining over $2.4m in bribes and awarding jobs to firms in exchange
Barry Chong Peng Wee used his ill-gotten gains to buy items such as cars and luxury watches.
[Straits Times] - 18/02/2025