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A first job offer? Why the salary might not be the whole story

Data suggests that the gap between what many graduates expect and what employers are actually paying is wider than most realise – and that holding out for the imagined offer sometimes comes at a real cost.

Man who lost job after 19 years at Denso loses lawsuit over alleged bad-faith firing

The former Denso International Asia employee had claimed that the company had terminated his employment in “bad faith” to avoid paying him retrenchment benefits.

Economic Strategy Review

Workers in Singapore at risk of disruption could be offered ‘career bridges’ into other jobs

Generic of office workers at Raffles Place on May 12, 2026. Can be used for stories on Economic Strategy Review (ESR), economy, workers, workforce. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

The ‘surname ceiling’ holding back family companies

The reality is that families are as mixed, and as mixed up, as owners of other companies — and sometimes more so.

Amazon cuts some jobs in Singapore as business focus shifts

A small number of roles in Amazon Singapore’s Stores organisation will be cut.

US sues The New York Times, claiming discrimination against a white man

The New York Times said neither race nor gender played a role in the promotion decision, and that the most qualified candidate was hired.

Dress codes are no way to fix what is broken

Starting this summer, Target Corp. will start enforcing a new mandate, blue-colored denim or khakis with plain red shirts.

Welcome to the great hunkering down

So why are employees so determined to sit tight? For one thing, there is plenty of macroeconomic uncertainty about, from trade wars to real wars.

New tripartite council to help workers keep jobs, companies transform amid AI disruption

CMG20260429-KwongKC02 /邝启聪/郑智浩/NTUC, MOM, SNEF to Address AI's Impact on Workers, Jobs and Business / New Tripartite Jobs Council to help workers upskill, support business transformation, and redesign jobs amid AI disruption /L to R/ Ng Chee Meng, Secretary-General, NTUC , Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower, Tan Hee Teck, President, SNEF/NTUC HQ【embargoed 30/4, 6pm】

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