Opinions
Featuring experts, political and Labour Movement leaders, industry leaders, CEOs and thought leaders. The section aims to capture the current mood of industry transformation and disruption, future-proofing workers and policies that affect different professions.
Patrick Tay: Lessons from the UK Supreme Court – Uber Drivers are Employees/Workers
New ways of working are quickly being created through digital platforms. As the labour landscape...
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Patrick Tay: Can PMEs Overcome Disruption and Discrimination in the Next Normal?
Labour MP and NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Patrick Tay talks about the growing need to ensure...
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Heng Chee How: Keeping Faith with Our Older Workers
Heng Chee How calls for the planned raising of the Statutory Retirement and Re-employment Ages...
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Patrick Tay: Building Back Better in the Financial Services Sector
What impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on the financial services sector? Labour Member of...
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Yeo Wan Ling: Breaking the Mould, Redesigning Jobs for Women, Too!
In her first contribution to LabourBeat, Labour Member of Parliament Yeo Wan Ling touches on...
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Unmanned Stores: The Final Nail in the Coffin for Retail Service?
With Cheers launching their fourth unmanned retail outlet in Singapore, does that spell an end...
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Patrick Tay: Turn to Training to Move up and Move on from the Pandemic
Labour MP and NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Patrick Tay weighs in on the importance of training...
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Would a Universal Minimum Wage Truly Uplift the Lives of Low-Wage Workers?
While the basis and moral imperative of a minimum wage are commendable, does it ultimately...
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In Case You Didn’t Know, Our Bosses are Human Too
While COVID-19 has thrown many employees into peril, are we forgetting that employers are also...
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How Employers Can Turn the New Normal into the New Better
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed how we work. But what can employers do to...
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Writing a New Chapter after Prison Sentences
Noorhafizah Abdul Rahman is an ex-offender who turned her life around after finding Agape, a call centre.
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Racism Through the Eyes of a Gen Z
The spate of racist incidents recently has left many understandably puzzled and enraged. But what do the youths of our...
Here are the Rest Areas, But Where are the Riders?
With more and more rest areas being created for delivery riders to use, are they actually making use of the...
Panic Buying Phase 2 – How Did Singaporeans Fare?
When the Covid-19 measures hit, grocery stores were hit too. LabourBeat speaks to an NTUC FairPrice store manager to see...