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More Singapore firms open doors to disabled workers
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[Straits Times] - ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG By Toh Yong Chuan When the Government set up a fund to encourage the hiring of disabled workers in 2007, 33 companies applied for the subsidies offered. Now, five years later, the number of companies currently receiving
Number of dementia cases set to soar
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[Straits Times] - ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM By Toh Yong Chuan By 2030, the number of dementia patients is expected to top , up from today. This means that one in 15 Singapore residents aged 60 and above is likely to suffer from the condition where brain cells die
Do more to help low-wage workers, says employer group
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[Straits Times] - By Toh Yong Chuan Wage guidelines set by the National Wages Council (NWC) to help low-wage earners may not be enough, an employers' group said, and suggested that firms do more for this group of workers. The council now advocates annual pay rises that
The civil servant who sorted out Singapore's last strike
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[Straits Times] - Toh Yong Chuan speaks to NTUC president emeritus John de Payva and Manpower Ministry senior director Ong Yen Her, who were both given the highest Distinguished Service (Star) Award. Mr Ong Yen Her (left), senior director and adviser on industrial
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