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The rise of the digital economy in Singapore has led to many organisations embarking on digital transformation and intensifying their efforts in building a robust digital infrastructure. With that, nearly all business leaders agree (54% strongly agree, 45% somewhat agree) that cybersecurity is a crucial aspect of ensuring the viability of their businesses, and a majority deem it important (48% extremely important, 49% somewhat important) for their organisation to improve its cybersecurity in vie

When working in a country where theres a language barrier, what aspects of daily life would be the most challenging? Many things come to mind, but a primary concern might be accessing financial services, especially if your main reason for being abroad is to send money to your family back in your home country.

President Yoon Suk Yeol recently reignited controversy over wage differentiation for foreign workers, citing the challenging situations faced by self-employed individuals as a reason.

In both America and Europe, debates over immigration focus on the impact influxes of foreign economic migrants might have on the labour market and welfare state. But even those who oppose mass unskilled immigration often agree that immigration by skilled workers, within reasonable limits, should be encouraged. The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all use merit-based or “points” systems as an objective system for admitting immigrants who score points on various measures like a...

Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday his administration is launching a new unit in the Department of Labour to enforce government policy which mandates that Bahamian understudies are trained to

It appears the govt has yielded to repeated calls to make it public.

This follows the earlier announcement that eligible employers in the service sub-sectors of barbers, hairdressers, textile workers and goldsmiths, can now hire up to 7,500 foreign workers.

PETALING JAYA: The Human Resources Ministry outlines the requirements for hiring foreign workers for barber, goldsmith, and textile shops.

IPOH: Safety and social issue concerns have been raised regarding the increasing number of foreign workers staying in a residential apartment here by Mohd Hafez Sabri (PN – Manjoi).

Employers must register a valid address for housing their work permit holders (WPH) and this may include dormitories, hostels, and public or private residential housing.