Despite the record number of retrenchments last year, counsellors have not been seeing an increase in retrenched workers beating a path to their doors - at least not yet. There were 19,170 layoffs last year, compared to 15,580 in 2015....
Cyclists will be able to travel safely alongside cars from April 22 when the island's first on-road bicycle lane opens in Changi East. There will be a 10km-long dedicated 2m-wide lane for two-wheelers on both sides of the extended Tanah...
The couple who starved a maid and caused her weight to plummet from 49kg to 29.4kg was sentenced to jail, but the saga is far from over. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Soo Tet said the prosecution will be filing an...
StanChart ups the ante in maternity leave, but other firms 'unlikely to follow suit' Mother-to-be Adelle Li-Hoskin, 31, a client manager at Standard Chartered Singapore, could hardly believe it when she heard she would get more time, fully paid, to...
2G mobile users are urged to switch to a 3G or 4G handset as soon as possible as the 2G network throughout Singapore will be taken down from April 1. The shutdown by M1, Singtel and StarHub will be completed...
At 1am each day, Filipino domestic worker Thelma Oyasan Gawidan was given around two to three slices of plain white bread, and one to two packets of instant noodles. That was her first meal of the day. Her second meal, which...
Singapore - French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for efforts to intensify the relationship between Europe and Asia in the face of resurgent "isolationism". He was speaking in Singapore, the first stage of the last international tour of his five-year...
GETTING sidelined at work is probably one of the most distressing feelings an employee can go through, short of getting fired or having a boss from hell. Perhaps to borrow an analogy from sports, this means that instead of being...
Many countries, including Singapore, are coming to grips with disruptive technology and preparing themselves to leverage technology to grow their economy. As a result, there is a growing educational trend to focus on studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics. To strengthen...
Have you ever imagined yourself creating a complex machine part or even a human windpipe on a screen, then seeing it take on physical form right before your eyes? Or leading a team of tireless workers who need to be...
