Workplace safety and health

Forum: Invest in tech that reduces need for workers to perform high-risk tasks at height

S’pore tightens timber scaffold rules to cut fire risk after 2025 Hong Kong blaze

The rule, which aims to reduce the amount of combustible timber materials on construction sites, will take effect from Jan 1, 2027.

Jurong Marine Cold Storage to suspend ice-making, cold store ops after ammonia leak on its premises

Workers from Jurong Marine Cold Storage that operates at 11 Jurong Fishery Port Road transporting ice from a supplier into vehicles waiting near their factory.

MOM beefs up workplace safety measures after spate of deaths, including 7 workers in last 4 weeks

Seven workers have died in five workplace accidents in the past four weeks.

Forum: Follow through on workplace initiatives to get trends on staff improvement

South Korea’s Lee orders election watchdog probe to expand beyond ballot shortages

Lee also called for a crackdown on workplace abuses after the death of a firefighter in her 20s, and raised concerns over the exclusion of young people from the benefits of South Korea's economic gains.

Opposing Views

Disengagement at work may endanger Singapore’s AI push

In a manpower-lean economy with no room for the productivity it is leaving on the table, employee disengagement is a challenge Singapore must tackle.

Forum: Workers will speak up when it is safe to be honest

Everest survivor out of intensive care, as probe calls grow

Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of Mount Everest on May 30. He was found on June 4.

Extreme heat risks losses for Indian suppliers to Uniqlo, Tesco

Extreme heats have caused sweat stains on fabric and stitching errors, among other production challenges.

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