When conducting retrenchment, one thing employers should do is to ensure that the selection criteria used for retrenchment are objective, transparent to employees, and consistently applied, say ...

Retrenchment is a word that makes even the most confident employees feel uneasy. It is defined variously as "the introduction of economies" or "the reduction of expenses". What it has come to mean in ...

SINGAPORE: Companies with at least 10 employees will have to inform the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) of any retrenchments from Nov 1. Currently, they are required to file the mandatory retrenchment ...

Retrenchments have become a reality for many employees as South Africa continues to face an economic slowdown resulting in large corporations shedding jobs. Liberty's claim statistics for last year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said mandating such a requirement poses challenges, as retrenchment is a difficult process and is ...

The past week has been emotional for many of us in Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), especially in The Straits Times (ST) where I work. The retrenchment of over 30 of our colleagues in the ST newsroom, ...