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Hard-hit sectors' workers seconded to companies in need of manpower
Close to 380 employees taken in by 13 firms between April and Sept: Workforce S'pore
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Mr Hau Teck Poh had been in the construction line for more than 35 years before his supervisor job at a subcontractor firm was affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.
For the past seven months, he has been seconded to work as a storekeeper at German logistics firm DB Schenker. Among his tasks are scanning products, arranging them onto pallets and verifying details such as delivery addresses.


