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Forum: Companies should explore genuine alternatives before retrenchments

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Kok Ping Soon’s commentary “Retrenchments: Why early disclosure may do more harm than good” (May 29) raises an important point about commercial reality, and rightly asks whether early disclosure serves workers well.

That question points to something bigger: How does Singapore move beyond treating retrenchment as an administrative process and make it a genuine opportunity for transition? 

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