Labour market

(July 9): Businesses are looking to manage a new world of work in a post-Covid-19 economy.

SINGAPORE (June 15): Singapore’s labour market is feeling the weight of the Covid-19 health-turned-economic crisis, as total employment contracted sharply by 25,600 in 1Q20 ended March.

SINGAPORE (Apr 29): Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate rose a smidgen 0.1 percentage points in 1Q20 ended March, continuing the softer labour market conditions of 2019.

SINGAPORE (Apr 3): Businesses say the government’s $48.4 billion Resilience Budget have been timely and impactful in helping to meet pressing concerns such as wage costs and cash flow issues, accor

SINGAPORE (Mar 20): In light of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, the Singapore government has stepped up support for businesses to retain, recruit and reskil

SINGAPORE (Mar 12): Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) warned Thursday that the labour market outlook for 2020 is “uncertain” amid the evolving novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and other g

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Financial firms operating in Singapore and Hong Kong are delaying hiring as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts their businesses.

SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Three in five Singaporeans are expecting their employers to perform better financially in 2020.

SINGAPORE (Feb 7): Despite the challenging economic conditions in 2019, Enterprise Singapore notes that there has been no slowdown in business sentiments among companies in Singapore. 

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): While the inching up of Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate by 0.2 percentage points to 2.3% in 2019 is “a concern”, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo believes there