SINGAPORE - Nearly 2,600 firms with a combined workforce of about 660,000, have adopted at least one of a set of standards to promote good employment practices, in the last two years.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Nearly 2,600 firms with a combined workforce of about 660,000 have adopted at least one of a set of standards to promote good employment practices in the last two years.While voluntary, the standards help complement existing workplace regulations to improve working conditions, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Monday .
There are eight standards covering various aspects of employment. The three that are most popular have to do with flexible work arrangements, recruitment practices and the employment of contract workers, she said. The top three sectors that have adopted the standards are infocomm technology and media, professional services and the wholesale trade sector, she said.
When companies agree to comply with the standards, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices , which administers the scheme, monitors compliance through feedback channels such as from the firms' employees.If a company still fails to meet the standards it has subscribed to, it will not be allowed to use the Tripartite Standards logo, but will not face any other penalty.
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