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The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) today hosted an expert panel session to deliberate on Malaysia’s Environmental, Social and Governance

Bosses' attitudes contribute to working women's decision on when to start a family. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

A total of 3,397,200 persons were in employment in December 2021 (excluding MDW), of whom 2,443,100 were residents — 3.7% above the level in December 2019.

The areas include strengthening the Singaporean Core through enhancing the EP framework, and imposing a penalty framework for egregious cases of workplace fairness.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A new branch of the military will be set up by the end of the year, as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) seeks to move decisively to meet growing threats in the digital domain.

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Singapore public service resignation rate increasing, says minister Singapore’s public service has seen […]

Interestingly, ‘reorganisation/restructuring’ was a common reason cited for retrenchments for both Q4 2021 and the full year 2021, MOM shared. In 2020, these were mainly due to ‘recession/business downturn’ as cited by employers.

While the report noted that Singapore’s overall labour market performed better in 3Q 2021 compared to the previous quarter, recovery still remains uneven across sectors.

Singapore News - The Ministry of Education (MOE) has called on school principals to ease the mental burden on teachers by establishing clear expectations of teachers' availability and work hours. Responding to questions from MPs in Parliament yesterday, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing... Read more at www.tnp.sg

This is a positive response the PME Taskforce (PME TF) was aiming for, as NTUC Secretary-General, Ng Chee Meng, earlier mentioned he hopes to have "some clarity" on these recommendations from the government by 2022.