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Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
ICT roles such as chief information officers, database designers & administrators and IT security specialists were in hot demand.
Only 2 in 5 firms in Singapore adhere to diversity and inclusion policies: report
The number of women in leadership teams also dipped from 30% to 29% in 2019.
Daily Briefing: Treasure at Tampines showcase launch draws 7,000 people; 3 in 5 employers prioritise luring quality talent
And regulatory tech company Tookitaki secures US$7.5m in its Series A funding round.
CapitaLand CEO Lee Chee Koon receives remuneration of $4.2m in 2018
In total, the company issued around $18m in remuneration packages for its 13 executives.
Chart of the Day: Construction sector employment shrinks by 7,100 in 2018
This was attributed to a moderation in the decline in Work Permit Holders.
Singapore unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in 2018
Residents made up 66% of the retrenchments in 2018, slightly lower than their share of employment at 67%.
Over $600m of wage credits to benefit 90,000 Singapore employers
About 70% will be disbursed to SMEs.
Online hiring activity in IT and telecom sectors jumped 23% in 2018
The sectors had witnessed its steepest growth in November 2018.
Women now take up one-third of Singapore senior leadership teams: study
But gender parity remains an issue as only 9% of firms have a female CEO.
Annual Workfare payouts for lower-income workers to hit over $1b by 2020
It will benefit about 440,000 Singaporeans.
Singapore eyes raising retirement and re-employment age
CPF payout eligibility age would remain at 65.
Daily Briefing: Singapore's flexi-work scheme gets $70m funding boost; China's YY buys livestream startup Bigo for $1.97b
And a Barclays executive ditches his job for Standard Chartered Singapore.
Nearly 1 in 5 employees hit by stagnant wage growth in 2018: study
Singapore workers lament the lack of transparency regarding pay level settings.
More than half of Singapore's CFO are willing to hire ‘job hoppers': poll
Job hopping is more prevalent in the finance and accounting industry.
Horrible bosses? 1 in 3 Singaporeans are not satisfied with work-life balance due to inflexible managers
For 73%, a work-life balance means no work on weekends, whilst for 69%, it meant being able to leave work on time everyday.
9 in 10 graduates of Singapore's top universities hired within 6 months
The average gross monthly salary of those in full-time permanent employment rose to $3,733 from $3,613 in 2017.
Chart of the Day: Foreign workers make up a fifth of the services sector
The tighter manpower rules will hit consumer and healthcare bottomlines by less than 4% by FY20.
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