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Tapping data science to weed out errant firms
Such analytics lets Manpower Ministry carry out more productive, targeted enforcement
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The Manpower Ministry uses data analytics to, among other things, identify and target companies at higher risk of Employment Act offences and those likely to have more severe workplace safety and health breaches.
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An official audit by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on illegal foreign worker hiring practices in 2018 checked 650 more firms than in previous similar exercises and required 20,000 fewer man-hours to complete.
The secret to the huge lift in productivity: The pervasive use of data science techniques to boost enforcement efforts and weed out errant employers.
