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About 60% of employees search for jobs during working hours

About half of them do not feel guilty for doing so.

About 60% of employees search for jobs during working hours

About half of them do not feel guilty for doing so.

People analytics startup EngageRocket bags $3m in series A funding

This brings the company’s total funding to $4.5m.

Singapore leads Asia on overseas recruitment

Skill shortage remains a driving force for expatriate-hiring.

Government to offer lodging for stranded workers amidst Malaysia's lockdown

Hotel accomodations and HDB rooms will be made available.

Workers financially unprepared for layoffs amidst rising automation

About 34% of employees are unable to cover expenses should they get fired.

Corporate boards taking on more women in Singapore

However, it still lags behind the global average of board representation at 19%.

The Power of Investing in Singapore's Talent Pool through Business and Government Partnerships

Is the future of work already here? Automation, artificial intelligence, IoT and other advanced digital technologies – broadly termed the fourth...

M1 cuts staff as company ramps up digitalisation

Employees leaving the company represent 1.6% of the headcount.

Unemployment rate widened to 2.3% in 2019

The ratio of job vacancies to unemployed persons declined to 0.84 in December 2019.

About 56.5 hours lost per employee due to technology-related stress

70% of employees said data-overload led to workplace stress.

Share of women in line management roles declined in 2019

The percentage fell to 38% in 2019 from 45% in 2018.

MOM raises EP minimum qualifying salary to $3,900 per month

The new salary criteria will apply to new EP applicants from 1 May 2020.

Pushing Productivity Boundaries With Processes

I am pretty sure every working individual has at some point thought to themselves, “Do we need to go to that meeting? I’m so busy as it is!”

Temasek to freeze pay, cut bonuses for a year amidst COVID-19

The move, which will start in April, will see the firm halt all raises and salary increases.

Three in five employees expect raise by year-end

Some employers may try to meet the younger generations’ expectations to retain talent.

Nearly half of businesses to give out 3% raises in 2020

But employees stated that salary hikes and compensation will not make them stay.

Salary raise for new hires to climb 5-10% in 2020

Companies are expected to be less receptive to salary negotiation.