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Each time reading of Minister Tan and his MOM new initiatives ‘for the benefit of Singaporeans’, I am filled with deepening sadness. When the government want to implement a brand new policy, they insist on doing so decisively. But when that same policy has been proven beyond initial doubts to be defective or deficient, they prefer to recalibrate haltingly and patchily. Meantime, lives being affected materially and impacted negatively are just unseen, unheard collateral damage – only mere data. The JobsBank and, now, this amendment are good examples of their view, if not attitude, towards our (PMETs) dilemma.
So, how will PMETs benefit from the latest Industrial Relations Act amendment?
“PMEs will be represented by rank-and-file unions on rehiring issues after retirement…help on matters relating to the reasonableness of the terms and conditions in a re-employment contract…offered by an employer.”
In short, PMETs will have only the comfort of an “additional and lower-cost alternative to settle their employment disputes through union and management negotiations”. That means, only after a PMET has lost his job whether through retirement or retrenchment or an unexpected, unjustified contractual loss of his employment. Tan Chuan-Jin offers zilch, nothing to help us find or keep our jobs. And we pay him S$2mil/yr to do that. Thank you very much!
With the Prime Gold espisode still bright blood-red in my memory, I ask, “So, what good will the amendment do if the minister has set a precedent whereby 13 Singaporeans can be unlawfully dismissed by an employer and, when found guilty, the same 13 could not get back their jobs?”
Looking farther back, why should I pay good money to a union that has proven over decades and beyond reasonable doubt to have represented workers’ interest only to see workers’ salary stagnating and trailing behind that of the general workforce?
Unlike the curbs on blue-collar foreigners, employment passes to compete with Singaporean PMETs will continue to be generously offered to employers. Did you know that SBF (Singapore Business Federation) want the S-pass levy removed – in their bid to cut cost further when employing or on order to employ more foreigners cheaper?
Therefore, foreign PMET headcounts will continue to increase from the current level. It’s the rate of increase that will be slowed. But, make no mistake, expect http://sgpmet.blogspot.sg/2015/01/sg-pmet-short-changed-again.html
So, how will PMETs benefit from the latest Industrial Relations Act amendment?
“PMEs will be represented by rank-and-file unions on rehiring issues after retirement…help on matters relating to the reasonableness of the terms and conditions in a re-employment contract…offered by an employer.”
In short, PMETs will have only the comfort of an “additional and lower-cost alternative to settle their employment disputes through union and management negotiations”. That means, only after a PMET has lost his job whether through retirement or retrenchment or an unexpected, unjustified contractual loss of his employment. Tan Chuan-Jin offers zilch, nothing to help us find or keep our jobs. And we pay him S$2mil/yr to do that. Thank you very much!
With the Prime Gold espisode still bright blood-red in my memory, I ask, “So, what good will the amendment do if the minister has set a precedent whereby 13 Singaporeans can be unlawfully dismissed by an employer and, when found guilty, the same 13 could not get back their jobs?”
Looking farther back, why should I pay good money to a union that has proven over decades and beyond reasonable doubt to have represented workers’ interest only to see workers’ salary stagnating and trailing behind that of the general workforce?
Unlike the curbs on blue-collar foreigners, employment passes to compete with Singaporean PMETs will continue to be generously offered to employers. Did you know that SBF (Singapore Business Federation) want the S-pass levy removed – in their bid to cut cost further when employing or on order to employ more foreigners cheaper?
Therefore, foreign PMET headcounts will continue to increase from the current level. It’s the rate of increase that will be slowed. But, make no mistake, expect http://sgpmet.blogspot.sg/2015/01/sg-pmet-short-changed-again.html
