Have A "Sting" Ops with Video Please : MOM to Warn 'Discriminatory' Hiring Agency

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MOM to warn 'discriminatory' hiring agency


By S Ramesh | Posted: 21 June 2011 1925 hrs




SINGAPORE: Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said the Ministry of Manpower will be issuing a warning to a recruitment agency that advertised for only permanent residents and employment pass holders.

Writing on his Facebook page, Brigadier-General (NS) Tan said he received information of this agency through someone who wrote to him.

BG Tan said: "We have had a 'chat' with the recruitment agency and they have immediately remedied the discriminatory practice."

He added the incident reiterates the need for fair play when it comes to hiring, and the need to hire on merit.

He said employers and recruiters must not lose sight of this.

BG Tan also spoke of some key issues which have been occupying him and the team in the Manpower Ministry over the past few weeks.

One key issue, he said, was to keep the country growing to provide good jobs for young Singaporeans coming of age every year.

Another was keeping Singapore ahead of global competition while sensibly managing the size of the foreign labour force.

He said tightening the foreign labour market is do-able, but there can be important implications if it is over done or tweaked in the wrong sectors.

BG Tan said most Singaporeans recognise that the country will continue to need foreign workers and foreign talents.

"We know that we need to tighten foreign workforce inflow and we have done so," BG Tan said.

"Foreign worker levies are being progressively increased over the next two years. We will also raise salary thresholds for semi-skilled (S Pass) and professionals in Singapore at the same time."

The S Pass would be raised from S$1,800 to S$2,000 per month, while the Employment Pass (EP) would be raised from S$2,500 to S$2,800.

BG Tan added: "We will also aim to keep overall numbers down at one-third of overall work force".

He said the ministry will keep a close watch on how these measures work from July.

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[Microsoft]

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BG Tan added: "We will also aim to keep overall numbers down at one-third of overall work force".

1/3 of total work force is Foreign worker!! :oIo:

 

[Spock]

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Lol, do you think they will do all this for the citizens if not for the 40% true SGreans? The other 60% better wake up their ideas if they are not part of the elites.

 

[myfoot123]

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My friend told me Kanken Techno is another japanese co in the west who hired foreigners rampently, anyone here working there can verify? Heard their HR is a pinay bitch who prefer foreigners.

 

[Yip Hon]

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My friend told me Kanken Techno is another japanese co in the west who hired foreigners rampently, anyone here working there can verify? Heard their HR is a pinay bitch who prefer foreigners.

brother , have you been reading this article ???



http://app.cpib.gov.sg/cpib_new/user/default.aspx?pgID=1106



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21st May 2010
Media Release by CPIB​

Ex-Senior HR Staffing Administrator of Seagate Charged
for Corruption and Cheating Offences​

The accused, Loke Geok Nee was formerly a Senior Human Resource (HR) Staffing Administrator at Seagate Technology International (“Seagate”).
Investigations revealed that sometime between April and June 2007, the accused accepted a Tag Heuer watch valued at $780/- from Tan Cheng Hock, Director of AA Recruitment Network Pte Ltd (“AA Recruitment”) as an inducement to advance the company’s business interest with Seagate.
Subsequently, sometime around August 2007, AA Recruitment took part in a Seagate tender for the supply of People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign workers. Before submitting the tender, Tan Cheng Hock contacted the accused for advice on the tender, which the accused provided. A week after Tan Cheng Hock submitted his bid for the tender, he offered to pay the accused S$1,000/- for each foreign worker that AA Recruitment recruited on Seagate’s behalf, should the contract be awarded to him. The accused subsequently prepared a tender report favouring AA Recruitment and the tender was awarded to AA Recruitment. After the award of the tender to AA Recruitment, a total of 140 PRC workers were recruited and Tan Cheng Hock gave a sum of S$140,000/- to the accused on 20 November 2007.
Investigations also revealed that the accused had cheated another of Seagate’s labour contractor, Wanco Manpower Pte Ltd (“Wanco”) of air-tickets to Qingdao China. On two occasions in November 2006, the accused falsely informed the Director of Wanco that she was required by Seagate to be present to supervise a training session for newly recruited workers in Qingdao, China which Wanco was required to conduct. Under such deception, the said Director was misled into purchasing for the accused return air-tickets on both occasions.
The accused appeared in court on 21 May 2010 for 2 counts of corruptly accepting gratifications under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 241 and 2 counts of cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code, Cap 224.

 

[Leongsam]

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SINGAPORE: Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said the Ministry of Manpower will be issuing a warning to a recruitment agency that advertised for only permanent residents and employment pass holders.

Nothing will change. They'll leave it out of the job ads but we all know who the job will go to.

 

[Yip Hon]

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Lol, do you think they will do all this for the citizens if not for the 40% true SGreans? The other 60% better wake up their ideas if they are not part of the elites.

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Bros , can we have :

Have A "Sting" Ops with Video Please : MOM to Warn 'Discriminatory' Hiring



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Throwing the book at discriminatory hiring

MOM evokes little-known provision against recruitment agency
which advertised vacancies for PRs and Employment Pass holders only
by Cheow Xin Yi and Ong Dai Lin 04:47 AM Jun 23, 2011



SINGAPORE - A little-known provision under the Employment Agencies Act was evoked recently to take a recruitment agency to task for advertising online for permanent residents and Employment Pass holders only.

It is believed to be the first time the law was applied in such a manner.

The clause, found among the 29 sections, bars employment agencies from acting in "a manner detrimental to public interest" or risk suspension.

On Tuesday, Minister of State (Manpower) Tan Chuan-Jin disclosed in a Facebook posting that the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will issue a warning to the recruitment agency after it had spoken to the firm. Brigadier-General (NS) Tan was alerted by a netizen to the agency's job ad.

In reply to MediaCorp's queries, an MOM spokesperson said the Employment Agencies Licensing Branch investigated the agency - believed to be Antal International - for possible breaches arising from a public complaint.

"Due to the discriminatory nature of the online advertisement, the recruitment agency was considered ... to have acted in a manner which is detrimental to the public's interest," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that the agency was only warned because it has "since taken immediate rectification actions". The MOM did not say how many such warnings it had issued before.

It is not only recruitment agencies that show a preference for certain types of candidates. Some companies have specified in job ads on their websites that only certain nationalities need apply. For instance, Chip Eng Seng Corporation, which was looking for a project manager and an architectural structural coordinator earlier this year, stated on its website it preferred candidates with Indian citizenship. This caused a stir among netizens and the company later removed the ads.

The company did not reply to MediaCorp's queries.

Asked about employers' actions, MOM said they "should recognise the value of hiring on merit, leverage on the synergies that could be derived from a diverse workforce, and not let stereotypes exclude candidates that can do the job". It added that only relevant criteria such as qualifications, skills and experience should be used for job ads.

The Republic uses the "promotional and educational approach" on this issue, with the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (TAFEP) leading the engagement with companies. MOM said members of the public who encounter discriminatory job ads may provide feedback to TAFEP, which will then help these companies to "review and improve their hiring and advertising practices".

Most recruiters MediaCorp spoke to said they were unaware of the rule governing employment agencies. Cornerstone Career Connnections recruiter Kevin Tay said it was common for clients to request for only foreigners, and he has had to stop doing business with those who insist on this.

Singapore Human Resource Institute executive director David Ang said some contracts between recruiters and clients actually require them to find only foreigners - in cases where the company "has done their part in finding Singaporeans" but are unable to do so because of a shortage of locals with relevant skills. "The recruiter should be more precise in their ad and say 'in fulfilling our contract, we're looking for this group of people', something to that effect, so as not to give an impression that they're being discriminatory," he said.

But Mr Tay believes some consultants "will be put on the spot". Said Mr Tay: "As human beings, you can't just change (employers') mindsets easily."

He thinks the law should be extended to employers, to be fair to recruitment firms.

But Mr Josh Goh, assistant director of corporate services at recruitment agency The GMP Group, feels that legislation for employers will not be as effective in the long run as education.

"Companies will go underground and make it even more difficult for the Government to educate companies about their social responsibility," he said.

Member of Parliament and trade unionist Alex Yam said a balance has to be struck: "Not everything should have a stick. We encourage fair employment as a start ... Most companies do that, and we'll try to encourage that."

He added that extra discussions will be needed to see if Antal International can serve as a case study to formulate future policies.

 

[Yip Hon]

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Bros , believe me , give them the "sting" and they will


change overnight plus rope in CPIB to check on them ....

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Singapore Human Resource Institute executive director David Ang said some contracts between recruiters and clients actually require them to find only foreigners - in cases where the company "has done their part in finding Singaporeans" but are unable to do so because of a shortage of locals with relevant skills. "The recruiter should be more precise in their ad and say 'in fulfilling our contract, we're looking for this group of people', something to that effect, so as not to give an impression that they're being discriminatory," he said.

But Mr Tay believes some consultants "will be put on the spot". Said Mr Tay: "As human beings, you can't just change (employers') mindsets easily."