Employment

Forum: Streamline maternity-related employment dispute processes

Semiconductor firm VSMC opens first plant in Singapore, will create 1,600 jobs by 2029

The US$7.8 billion fab in Tampines Wafer Park will produce 44,000 12-inch wafers a month at full capacity by 2029.

Cabbies, PHV drivers can take up bus driver jobs by signing up for new training programme from Oct 1

Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling at the Singapore Bus Academy at Ulu Pandan Bus Depot on Sept 28.

At least 10 ANZ senior bankers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia to exit in revamp

An ANZ branch in Sydney. Its first-half profit surpassed analysts’ estimate on signs of improvement with the bank’s overhaul.

Singapore chip industry gets ‘SG Semiconductor’ as a national brand identity

Announced on Sept 25 by Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng, SG Semiconductor will make it easier for companies and talent to understand what the country and its chip ecosystem offers.

Three more Embed Financial employees file salary claims with TADM, bringing total to nine

The Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management told ST that it received the additional claims between Sept 4 and Sept 23.

Singapore’s semiconductor talent pipeline now starts in primary schools

National Youth Council chief executive David Chua (left) and SSIA executive director Ang Wee Seng mark a three-year partnership to expand semiconductor industry exposure, Job Tasters and mentoring opportunities for young people.

Australia’s jobless rate in August hits five-year high as more seek work

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed net employment rose by 39,500 in August from July.

Companies in S’pore with over 200 employees must have certified HR professional from July 2028

The Government will support HR certification through subsidies and SkillsFuture credits, aiming to double the number of certified HR professionals to 18,000 by 2030.

The perils of productivity numbers

Using a new methodology, the Office for National Statistics now reckons the UK’s output per hour worked grew by 1.3 per cent per year on average between 2009 and 2019.

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