winsomeea

20 Apr 12, 22:42

Tafep

By Chua Yini | Yahoo! Newsroom – Thu, Apr 19, 2012

More Singaporeans are concerned that employers are favouring foreigners over locals.

According to the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (Tafep), an organisation committed to fair hiring practices in Singapore, such complaints have emerged as the top issue for the first time since 2007.

In its annual report released on Wednesday, Tafep said that the top three types of complaints in 2011 were related to nationality, language and race, and age.

This is in comparison to complaints received in previous years, which pertained mostly to language, race and age.

The report also noted the increasing number of complaints over unfair employment practices in general, with 277 recorded in 2011 as compared to 115 in 2010. In 2007, there were only 9 complaints.

These report findings reflect Singaporeans’ concerns over declining job prospects in the face of an influx of foreign talent and an unstable economy, Tafep said.

A recent global survey in February by research firm Nielsen also revealed that 55 per cent of Singaporeans are concerned about their future job prospects.

Tafep was launched in 2006 by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the National Trades Union Congress and Singapore National Employers Federation to promote fair employment practices. However, it does not have the legal clout to act against discriminatory complaints and relies on persuasion to get employers’ compliance.

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SIA does not have Singapore as one of the countries for applicants to click on for online application of job. So to say they blatantly refuses to employ Singaporeans. What good news, damn the bloody national airline

winsomeea

20 Apr 12, 22:43

Wage shock therapy ‘very risky’: Lim Swee Say

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Lim Swee Say on Friday said raising wages for the lower-income strata in Singapore would be a “very risky” move, reported The Straits Times.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday evening, Lim was commenting on a proposal floated by economist Lim Chong Yah earlier this week, saying that people who welcomed it may not be aware of the potential costs involved.

Professor Lim, who chaired the National Wages Council from 1972 to 2001, said on Monday that raising the monthly salaries of workers who earn $1,500 or less by 50 per cent over three years, while freezing the wages of those who earn monthly incomes of $15,000 or more for the same period, could help to close Singapore’s growing income gap.

“This approach is very risky,” said the NTUC chief. “What is at stake are jobs and structural unemployment. You can push up the wages of low-wage workers by 50 per cent in three years, but you cannot improve his skill, his productivity, his employability by 50 per cent in three years,” he was quoted as saying.

The broadsheet reported that union leaders welcomed Prof Lim’s proposal, saying it was “a real morale booster” and “long overdue”, but NTUC’s Lim said in response, “If you can up the wages of workers by 50 per cent with zero downside, I think union leaders, of course, will welcome it.

“But I also think that there are many union leaders who understand that nothing comes free so there must be some downside,” he added.

The Straits Times also reported that Lim was not convinced that wages could be raised in the way Prof Lim suggested without resulting in other workers and consumers having to compensate the amount involved.

He in fact reportedly warned that if productivity did not rise to match the 50 per cent increase in wages, workers would suffer from job losses and structural unemployment.

Assuming a base pay of $1,000 per month and a group of 400,000 low-wage workers, Lim estimated that the total amount involved in the proposed wage hike would come up to a hefty $4.56 billion.

If the low-wage workers were from domestic sectors such as cleaning, for example, the increase in wages would also result in a higher cost of living for residents here — by means of conservancy charges, for instance, added Lim.

According to the paper, Lim stressed that he was speaking wearing the hat of the NTUC secretary-general, not in his capacity as Minister in the Prime Minister’s office, and was not issuing a rebuttal to Prof Lim’s proposal.

He also reportedly pointed out that in today’s world, jobs and manpower are significantly more mobile than they were three decades ago.

“In a highly globalised world, a slight mistake can lead to serious repercussions,” he said.

What do you think -- do you believe Professor Lim's "wage shock therapy" will work?

Do you believe his proposal to increase wages of low-income workers by 50 per cent over three years will have no downsides?

Lazybumy

20 Apr 12, 22:57

Pls lar, why complain when the majority of the Singaporean agree with this discrimination policy. The majority had given the elites the mandate for the FT policy, thus singaporean deserved it.

winsomeea

20 Apr 12, 22:58

Originally posted by Lazybumy:

Pls lar, why complain when the majority of the Singaporean agree with this discrimination policy. The majority had given the elites the mandate for the FT policy, thus singaporean deserved it.

Yes! You said it! To those who gave mandate and kena, I congratulate them. To them who did not give mandate and kena, my sympathy

Fcukpap

20 Apr 12, 23:15

i have mentioned before that the way to go is to have a good balance according to socio-economic needs with Singaporeans as first priority.... face it squarely - we need FW to do works we do not wish to do i.e. cleaning, etc...and this will be more distinct with the next generation... We can make use of FT to build foundations, after which they could be replaced with local talents.... while the system is investigating unfair recruitment practices, they are still on-going and harsher regulations must be stepped up to protect local professionals.... instead of spending excessive time to crackdown on vices and putting Sg in bad publicity before sentences are passed, its wiser for them to spend more time to save our rice bowls and put the trains on the right track...

winsomeea

20 Apr 12, 23:17

The priority on their list is themselves , self serving! To them "Singaporeans, you die your business"

charlize

21 Apr 12, 09:52

Times are bad.

foolsh_2000

21 Apr 12, 10:35

Bosses want to employ foreigners no. 1 reason cheap labour!then when professor suggest min wage,got shot down,must increase productivity!but foreigners can take their own sweet time to work!fcuk lah!So population also increase,2 out of 5 people in spore is a foreigner!

Medicated Oil

21 Apr 12, 10:44

When some on is mentioning productivity, they are just sprouting nonsense as they already dunno what is really happening to job scene. (What have LSS produce any way ?)

They are just looking figures and statistics.

As for cheap labour, SME are all for making money so they will definitely employ cheap.

Even the big company are employing cheap labour.

But, whether they got productivity and quality, those who have worked with cheap labour will experience it.

Cheap not = productivity and quality.

foolsh_2000

21 Apr 12, 13:54

I feel frustrated and angry

Fcukpap

21 Apr 12, 22:20

it would be the greatest hypocrisy if the system itself prefers FT, particularly senior mgmt positions, to local talents....it ought to lead by example starting from the system... its really flabbergasting to see the expatriates' benefits to the toiling locals with better attitudes and intelligence... all local talents need is a CHANCE! Dun really understand why local talents need not tender for the Terminal 4 design...

Fcukpap

21 Apr 12, 22:23

isn't it his own wish "to be the equal of any Englishman?" familiar phrase? ....

Fcukpap

21 Apr 12, 22:25

do u think the citizens cry their hearts out when those big shots visit them at their matchbox units to see a big emphathetic welcome smile...when local talents, their sons and daughters, are passed over for the FTs?

Dalforce 1941

21 Apr 12, 22:32

I said already, it is time to let a chinese, indian or malay take over ruling of Singapore.

Let's have someone oriented towards locals and local culture for a change, instead of everything alien, everything foreign.

Must end this obsolete and stifling peranakan control of Singapore once and for all.

Fcukpap

21 Apr 12, 22:43

they (FTs) play golf, while you toil with statistical reports and everything done and submit by the next day?.... what tripartite? locals talents are split to three parts earning their shit out of their toil...now thats tripartite....

Clivebenss

21 Apr 12, 22:46

Tripartite?

Dalforce 1941

21 Apr 12, 22:47

I hope the next prime minister of Singapore won't be peranakan.

I can't stand anymore peranakan prime ministers.

Lee Kuan Yew is peranakan, Goh Chok Tong can't make policies that are against the will of Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Hsien Loong is peranakan.

charlize

23 Apr 12, 19:31

So many foreigners in Sg, confirm 1 out of every 2 jobs is filled by foreigner.

the Bear

23 Apr 12, 19:43

Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:

I hope the next prime minister of Singapore won't be peranakan.

I can't stand anymore peranakan prime ministers.

Lee Kuan Yew is peranakan, Goh Chok Tong can't make policies that are against the will of Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Hsien Loong is peranakan.

StellaAdey

24 Apr 12, 20:40

As Singapore’s economy rebounds, companies should look into attracting and retaining SG talents.

Fcukpap

24 Apr 12, 21:04

Though the rebounds is optimistic and able to avoid likely recession, it still faces risks with possible euro upheavals, and alongside to the rise in oil and food prices with the change in climatic conditions, investors are likely to remain slightly conservative and companies aware of expenditures where staffing is concerned....it is still likely that companies adopt restructuring policies towards lean management....

charlize

25 Apr 12, 20:48

Originally posted by the Bear:

EDMW has a lot of these stuff.

Damn funny.

I like the one which shows a small kid thinking "bookmark first, show mama later"

charlize

26 Apr 12, 19:19

Originally posted by Fcukpap:

Though the rebounds is optimistic and able to avoid likely recession, it still faces risks with possible euro upheavals, and alongside to the rise in oil and food prices with the change in climatic conditions, investors are likely to remain slightly conservative and companies aware of expenditures where staffing is concerned….it is still likely that companies adopt restructuring policies towards lean management….

No such thing as recession in Sg.

Really.

charlize

28 Apr 12, 00:21

Can't they come up with a better acronym than tafep?

Maybe something like SHIELD.

like the avengers.

charlize

28 Apr 12, 09:12

Originally posted by Fcukpap:

it would be the greatest hypocrisy if the system itself prefers FT, particularly senior mgmt positions, to local talents….it ought to lead by example starting from the system…

its really flabbergasting to see the expatriates’ benefits to the toiling locals with better attitudes and intelligence…

all local talents need is a CHANCE!

Dun really understand why local talents need not tender for the Terminal 4 design…

Times are bad.

More complaints of bosses favouring foreigners:Tafep

Tafep

Wage shock therapy ‘very risky’: Lim Swee Say