Retrenchment

Amazon bungles layoff plan with misfired internal e-mail

Reuters reported on Jan 23 that Amazon intended to lay off thousands of corporate employees starting this week.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post braces for big job cuts in latest retrenchment

As many as 300 people could be let go, according to a former Post reporter.

Early bird gets the sack: Woman in Spain fired after repeatedly arriving early for work

Over a two-year period, the company issued multiple warnings, asking the employee to adhere to established working hours.

Singapore sees more retrenchments in third quarter as job vacancies continued to drop

The Ministry of Manpower said the percentage of firms planning redundancies, resulting in retrenchments, has risen from 1.9 per cent in June to 2.3 per cent in September.

AI changed your job description, but performance reviews have not caught up

The typical performance review cannot identify the colleague who makes everyone else more productive.

Apple cuts jobs across its sales organisation in rare layoff

Apple has cut sales jobs to streamline operations for business, education, and government clients, affecting account managers and briefing centre staff.

Forum: Consider bi-weekly payment arrangements for salaries

Forum: MOM will not hesitate to take enforcement action against errant employers

askST: Twelve Cupcakes, Jollibean, Art Works — can workers be better protected from sudden closures?

Recent shuttering of businesses including (clockwise from left) Twelve Cupcakes, Jollibean and Art Works left hundreds of workers abruptly without jobs and owed unpaid wages.

AI revolution prompts most US layoffs for any October since 2003

Amazon.com was among last month’s job-cut headlines, and hiring has been tepid in many sectors.

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