Traitor: Sporns Unreliable, Supports Phantomization! A Real Farker!

[makapaaa]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>March 1, 2009
YOUR LETTERS
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Why bosses use 'phantom workers'
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I refer to the report last Sunday, 'Singapore's phantom workers'.
The $800 to $900 pay range reported is lower than the actual amount needed to hire a foreign worker. While the actual wage the worker gets is about $800 to $900, there are hidden costs.
Among these are the foreign worker levy, the cost of accommodation and the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions for the Singaporeans or permanent residents employed before one foreign worker can be hired.
The cost of hiring one foreign worker could add up to more than $1,500 - roughly what is needed to hire a local worker - but employers may still prefer to hire foreign workers as they are deemed more reliable than locals.
To most employers, this so-called scam to get around a quota system for hiring cheaper foreign labour is not a case of fraud, but a win-win situation, as they help some older folk here by contributing to their CPF, as well as gain reliable workers.
The Government should rethink its policy on this issue.
Singaporeans nowadays do not want menial jobs and even if they do, they ask for comparatively higher wages and more benefits.
If this system continues, food and beverage outlets as well as hotels and resorts would not be able to function to their full extent because of all the overheads. Francis Han

 

[makapaaa]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=heading>Latest comments</TD></TR><TR><TD id=messageDisplayRegion width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=Post style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>The JCS paying $300 per person.

Is it considered 'phantom' if the boss has double dip on the $300 on the same worker by asking the person to work in workplace A in the morning and workplace B in the evening [different category of jobs] for the same boss using different companies to pay the CPF?

Has the govt thought about this?
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: NELNELNEL at Sun Mar 01 15:57:38 SGT 2009
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=AlternatePost style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>At one time they were patting their back, saying that the hiring rate of seniors have leapt. Hahaha....! It simply means in name, more seniors are hired, in reality, these poor souls didn't even know they were hired.
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: Misnomer at Sun Mar 01 15:21:27 SGT 2009
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=Post style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>and it slipped thru' the cracks or eyes of our scholars and FTs???????
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: dragonovic93 at Sun Mar 01 13:16:57 SGT 2009
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=AlternatePost style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Simple: got loop hole sure got people run it.

Like those schemes that give SME money to upgrade PCs and software etc. Sure got people cheating one.
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: SeenItAll at Sun Mar 01 09:29:20 SGT 2009
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[makapaaa]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>March 1, 2009
YOUR LETTERS
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Crafty employers a problem too
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I refer to last Sunday's article, 'Singapore's phantom workers', where employers prefer hiring foreigners to locals (who include Singaporeans and permanent residents) because locals are deemed to be picky.
However, I have come across calculating employers who would make every working minute count, that is, ensuring that employees put in the exact number of minutes and more.
There are also those who adopt exploitative policies, such as refusing to grant entitlements, even if these are provided by law, or interpreting the Employment Act to their advantage.
Foreign workers are not only cheaper to hire, but they are also easier to manage. Most do not even know their rights. Even if they do, they would keep quiet until they get better job offers, or become PRs.
One they become PRs, they become more aware of their rights, and can become more vocal.
Then they, too, are considered 'not so employable' by the very same employers who brought them in.
Opening the floodgates to cheaper foreign labour will not solve the problem. The solution lies with the business owners.
Will they invest in improving their business processes to become more efficient? If employees are urged to upgrade themselves, so too should businesses. Lizhen Zehnder (Mrs)

 

[xebay11]

Cut rental rates and viola there is enough to pay to attract Singaporeans.