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Tribunal awards woman maximum $30,000 over ‘sudden and unjustified’ probation dismissal

The Employment Claims Tribunals found that the employer had failed to justify its decision that the manager had failed probation.
The Employment Claims Tribunals found that the employer had failed to justify its decision that the manager had failed probation.

Are you earning as much as your peers?

Which jobs pay the highest salaries in Singapore’s private sector?

Diagnostic radiologists, financial derivatives dealers and flying instructors are the highest-paid occupations in Singapore’s private sector, according to the latest MOM data.
Diagnostic radiologists, financial derivatives dealers and flying instructors are the highest-paid occupations in Singapore’s private sector, according to the latest MOM data.

Salary and wrongful dismissal claims in S’pore rose last year to their highest levels since 2019

A total of 13,083 employment claims and appeals were lodged in 2025, equivalent to about 3.44 claims per 1,000 employees.
A total of 13,083 employment claims and appeals were lodged in 2025, equivalent to about 3.44 claims per 1,000 employees.

Pest management workers to benefit from pay rise under Progressive Wage Model

The Tripartite Cluster for Pest Management will consult and engage industry stakeholders in the coming months to ensure that the Progressive Wage Model is sustainable and tailored to the specific conditions of the sector.
The Tripartite Cluster for Pest Management will consult and engage industry stakeholders in the coming months to ensure that the Progressive Wage Model is sustainable and tailored to the specific conditions of the sector.

Britain may require companies to publish salaries in equal pay drive

Workers talk outside Canary Wharf underground station in London, on June 9.
Workers talk outside Canary Wharf underground station in London, on June 9.

Commentary

It took 400 unpaid workers before the alarm was sounded in Singapore

Over 100 migrant workers from KPA Engineering and SK Industries were seen entering the Ministry of Manpower in Bendemeer Road in small groups on June 22, to report unpaid wages.
Over 100 migrant workers from KPA Engineering and SK Industries were seen entering the Ministry of Manpower in Bendemeer Road in small groups on June 22, to report unpaid wages.

How Singapore’s population has evolved in 5 years

Think you’ve been ‘lowballed’? This NUS grad built a tool that lets you compare salary offers

Luqman Naqib built Lowball, a website designed to help job seekers determine whether they are being “lowballed”.
Luqman Naqib built Lowball, a website designed to help job seekers determine whether they are being “lowballed”.

Philippines sets record pay hike for Manila workers on inflation

A trade union said the hike is inadequate in the face of inflation faced by the Philippines.
A trade union said the hike is inadequate in the face of inflation faced by the Philippines.

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