‘Is this a violation of labour laws?’: SG employee on probation says his employer is forcing him to work without pay on Saturday to finish urgent project

‘Is this a violation of labour laws?’: SG employee on probation says his employer is forcing him to work without pay on Saturday to finish urgent project

SINGAPORE: An employee has alleged that his employer is forcing him to work without pay on a Saturday to finish an urgent project. In a post on the r/singaporejobs subreddit on Wednesday (Oct 15), the worker shared that he was instructed to report to work over the weekend despite his employment contract stating that his […]

WP MP Kenneth Tiong asks if Govt will reject support from Michael Petraeus aka Critical Spectator

WP MP Kenneth Tiong asks if Govt will reject support from Michael Petraeus aka Critical Spectator

SINGAPORE: In Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 14), Workers’ Party MP Kenneth Tiong (Aljunied) asked if the Government would reject the Polish internet personality Michael Petraeus, whose blog “Critical Spectator” regularly contains commentary on Singapore politics. Mr Tiong asked this question after a ministerial statement on the politicisation of race and religion delivered by Home Affairs […]

‘We don’t work politics like that in Singapore.’ WP posts timeline on its response to Noor Deros issue

‘We don’t work politics like that in Singapore.’ WP posts timeline on its response to Noor Deros issue

SINGAPORE: After the ministerial statement on Tuesday (Oct 14) about foreign interference and race and religion in Singapore politics, the Workers’ Party issued a timeline on its response to events that occurred shortly before the General Election on May 3. In his statement, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam referred to Noor Deros, a self-styled Islamic […]