Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
SINGAPORE: Labour chief Lim Swee Say has expressed his disappointment in the sudden decision by DBS Bank to cut 900 jobs.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
SINGAPORE: CPF cuts is a last-resort measure to keep business costs down, said Labour Chief Lim Swee Say in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE: It may make more business sense to let go of foreign rank-and-file workers rather than Singaporean workers if retrenchment is unavoidable, said Labour chief Lim Swee Say at the Singapore Tripartism Forum on Thursday.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
SINGAPORE: Minister in Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say is leading a trade and investment mission to Sichuan next week from October 26 to 29, together with Minister of State for Defence, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... several years of slow growth," the prime minister said. Mr Lee was also asked about Labour chief Lim Swee Say's recent comments on foreign workers being the first to be retrenched among rank-and-file workers. He responded by saying that while foreign workers help Singapore's economy, most of the jobs lost in the 2001 recession were held by foreign workers and this is likely to happen again....
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... came under some criticism from Singapore's National Trades Union Congress. NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say had said that DBS had not consulted its staff union about the layoffs. Mr Lim also said the bank had not explored other cost reduction alternatives, and was using retrenchment as a first resort. In reply, DBS said that it had frozen hiring before deciding on the retrenchments. According...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... trainee will receive a fee subsidy for the course and a training allowance. NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say said: "The labour movement, we are very encouraged by this SPUR programme because it enables the rank and file unemployed to go for retraining and get back to the workplace again. "It enables workers who have jobs today to upgrade (and) not at additional costs to the employer....
theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Browse > > , > Town Councils investments - a brief summary Town Councils investments - a brief summaryTuesday, 18 November 2008, 12:05 am | 75 views A brief summary of what was said about town councils’ investment. Note: Is Holland-Bukit Panjang’s Town Council’s investment losses limited to structured products? The MPs for the GRC are: Lim Swee Say, Vivian Balakrishnan, Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Liang...
theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Don’t focus only on looking for the same job and the same pay. Lim Swee Say, NTUC Chief
Blowin' In The Wind (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Maybe one should not make too much of it. But, however minor, cracks are appearing in Singapore. Labour union chief and cabinet minister Lim Swee Say has criticised the government-linked DBS Bank for retrenching 900 workers – 6 percent of...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Singapore - A Singapore minister criticized job cuts at the city-state's largest bank amid fears of more lay-offs next year, newspapers reported Saturday. Lim Swee Say, a minister in the Prime Minister's Office and the secretary general of the 500,00...
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Labour chief disappointed with DBS' sudden retrenchments By Valerie Tan, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 14 November 2008 1708 hrs SINGAPORE: Labour chief Lim Swee Say has expressed his disappointment in the sudden decision by DBS Bank to cut 900 jobs. In a statement, Mr Lim said that the bank had not consulted with the DBS Staff Union on other alternatives to cutting costs. As a result, the perception...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
... The way DBS axed its 900 staff without consulting its union has drawn criticisms from labour chief Lim Swee Say. He said retrenchment should be conducted in a socially responsible manner, a view which Acting Minister of Manpower Gan Kim Yong shares. Hence, guidelines will be released in a few weeks on how to manage excess manpower. For example, companies can inform the Manpower Ministry...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
SINGAPORE: Help is on the way for companies which have excess manpower in this economic downturn. The labour movement is providing funding to these firms so that they can send their extra workers for training. Secretary-General of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Lim Swee Say said this would help ensure that workers remain an investment for the future, while minimising the impact of retrenchment...
