5 Secrets of Working in Singapore You Didn’t Know
If you are working in Singapore, Labour Day (aka May Day), is more often perceived as a holiday to rest and relax. According to gov.sg, Labour Day was gazetted as secular public holiday in 1960. It is a day of rest to honour everyone that has worked hard to make Singapore a successful nation. In 1960, Lee Kuan Yew announced the government’s commitment to the welfare of workers. He emphasised that a symbiotic relationship and confidence between the unions, employers and the state (known as tripartism) was imperative for Singapore’s progress. One recent product of tripartism in action is the opening of the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) to provide advisory and mediation services for salary-related disputes. Here are 5 other secrets about working in Singapore you may not know, until today. 1. Strikes aren’t illegal in Singapore, if planned properly While many parts of the world are already in strike-mode, Singapore seems to take it easy. The last strike we had was the illegal strike by SMRT bus captains in 2012. The last legal strike was the Hydril workers’ strike in 1986. It is possible to still hold a legal strike in Singapore today, provided you go through the [...]
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