When it cums to curbing Sporns' rights or increasing their charges, it's immediate. What't the ulterior motive of this traitor govt?
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: Cash if you're not rehired</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap>
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by Lin Yan Qin
05:55 AM Nov 17, 2009
SINGAPORE - The penultimate bridge to the legislation on re-employing older workers has been unveiled - a possible preview of the law that will take effect in 2012, and a guide for employers on what they need to do to be ready.
For workers performing well and in good health, but yet are not re-employed after they hit the retirement age of 62, the draft tripartite guidelines on re-employment recommend that employers offer them a one-off payment.
The Employment Assistance Payment (EAP) will tide workers over while they look for new jobs; the average time it takes is three months, said tripartite partners.
The proposal is an indication of how the law might attempt to keep Singaporeans working for as long as possible while accommodating business needs such as leadership renewal, restructuring and a trim workforce.
For their part, employers should prepare their workers for re-employment no less than a year ahead of retirement age and offer a re-employment contract at least three months before retirement.
The draft guidelines build on the tripartite advisory issued last year and will be the "foundation" for the 2012 legislation, Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday.
"They will serve as a reference guide to help companies understand re-employment, offer practical solutions to help them put in place the necessary systems and processes, and ultimately establish the norms for re-employment," he said of the draft, now available for public consultation.
Hence, firms should adopt the guidelines so as not to be caught unprepared, said Singapore National Employers Federation president Stephen Lee.
A 'wash hands' loophole?
Still, the guidelines were greeted with questions from unionists at the forum who wondered whether companies would be open to the EAP if economic recovery is slow and bumpy as expected.
And what of companies who may use the simple payout as a loophole to remove older workers?
Such employers will always exist, said the tripartite partners. If workers are not satisfied with the terms of their re-employment contract or the reasons for not being re-employed, they should seek out their unions or the Manpower Ministry for mediation.
"The EAP is not a recommendation to companies to say, you just pay this and wash your hands," said
National Trades Union Congress deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How.
"It's really to provide a last resort for companies that have proven they have undertaken best efforts and sincerely still cannot find a suitable same job or different job for their workers."
One director of a logistics firm, who declined to be named, said: "I guess the quantum is flexible, but it is still a burden when it's a case of us not being able to keep a worker."
SUBHD: Employers want flexibility, other options
Employers generally welcomed the guidelines and agreed with the need to re-employ, but called for flexibility in implementing them.
"It's too rigid to say we need to start talking to staff one year in advance," said Riverview Hotel human resources manager Christine Chan. "The economy can change suddenly. It's not always possible to know what kind of terms we can offer one year ahead."
If workers are not offered re-employment, Singapore Human Resources Institute executive director David Ang suggested that employers provide training on how to write resumes and go for interviews, or retain them on group insurance for a year - which he said some companies here already practise on an ad-hoc basis.
Ms Jessica Leong, chairperson for SNEF's electronics and electrical industry group and STMicroelectronics human resources director (packaging and test manufacturing), suggested some government funding for companies unable to re-employ their workers, but who are open to helping them train them for other industries.
"We already have Spur for managing excess manpower, and it'll be useful to have support like that when it comes to re-employment," she said at the forum.Currently, the employment rate for residents aged 55 to 64 stands at 57.2 - a figure that has remained unchanged from last year "despite the severe recession" that cut into the employment rate for younger residents, Mr Gan said.
About 70 per cent of unionised companies have implemented some form of re-employment policy, with 7 in 10 workers re-employed in the same jobs, drawing the same salary.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: Cash if you're not rehired</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap>
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Cash if you're not rehired by Lin Yan Qin
05:55 AM Nov 17, 2009
SINGAPORE - The penultimate bridge to the legislation on re-employing older workers has been unveiled - a possible preview of the law that will take effect in 2012, and a guide for employers on what they need to do to be ready.
For workers performing well and in good health, but yet are not re-employed after they hit the retirement age of 62, the draft tripartite guidelines on re-employment recommend that employers offer them a one-off payment.
The Employment Assistance Payment (EAP) will tide workers over while they look for new jobs; the average time it takes is three months, said tripartite partners.
The proposal is an indication of how the law might attempt to keep Singaporeans working for as long as possible while accommodating business needs such as leadership renewal, restructuring and a trim workforce.
For their part, employers should prepare their workers for re-employment no less than a year ahead of retirement age and offer a re-employment contract at least three months before retirement.
The draft guidelines build on the tripartite advisory issued last year and will be the "foundation" for the 2012 legislation, Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday.
"They will serve as a reference guide to help companies understand re-employment, offer practical solutions to help them put in place the necessary systems and processes, and ultimately establish the norms for re-employment," he said of the draft, now available for public consultation.
Hence, firms should adopt the guidelines so as not to be caught unprepared, said Singapore National Employers Federation president Stephen Lee.
A 'wash hands' loophole?
Still, the guidelines were greeted with questions from unionists at the forum who wondered whether companies would be open to the EAP if economic recovery is slow and bumpy as expected.
And what of companies who may use the simple payout as a loophole to remove older workers?
Such employers will always exist, said the tripartite partners. If workers are not satisfied with the terms of their re-employment contract or the reasons for not being re-employed, they should seek out their unions or the Manpower Ministry for mediation.
"The EAP is not a recommendation to companies to say, you just pay this and wash your hands," said
National Trades Union Congress deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How.
"It's really to provide a last resort for companies that have proven they have undertaken best efforts and sincerely still cannot find a suitable same job or different job for their workers."
One director of a logistics firm, who declined to be named, said: "I guess the quantum is flexible, but it is still a burden when it's a case of us not being able to keep a worker."
SUBHD: Employers want flexibility, other options
Employers generally welcomed the guidelines and agreed with the need to re-employ, but called for flexibility in implementing them.
"It's too rigid to say we need to start talking to staff one year in advance," said Riverview Hotel human resources manager Christine Chan. "The economy can change suddenly. It's not always possible to know what kind of terms we can offer one year ahead."
If workers are not offered re-employment, Singapore Human Resources Institute executive director David Ang suggested that employers provide training on how to write resumes and go for interviews, or retain them on group insurance for a year - which he said some companies here already practise on an ad-hoc basis.
Ms Jessica Leong, chairperson for SNEF's electronics and electrical industry group and STMicroelectronics human resources director (packaging and test manufacturing), suggested some government funding for companies unable to re-employ their workers, but who are open to helping them train them for other industries.
"We already have Spur for managing excess manpower, and it'll be useful to have support like that when it comes to re-employment," she said at the forum.Currently, the employment rate for residents aged 55 to 64 stands at 57.2 - a figure that has remained unchanged from last year "despite the severe recession" that cut into the employment rate for younger residents, Mr Gan said.
About 70 per cent of unionised companies have implemented some form of re-employment policy, with 7 in 10 workers re-employed in the same jobs, drawing the same salary.
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