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What is needed is to inculcate the right mindset in employers. - The Straits Times
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Employers recognise age impact on wages has diminished
Legislation has removed acrimony between employers and employees when discussing wage cuts at 60. 		NTUC seeks a pro-worker and pro-business solution
NTUC labour movement will work closely with the tripartite partners to find a pro-business and pro-worker way forward.
Crossing 50: Worries of a working heartlander
The troubles of the working class who are caught in the middle age group. -ST 		As if 2009 never happened...
Many companies plan to reverse pay curbs, relax belt-tightening in 2010. -BT
Too old for library job
Library only considers job applicants aged 50 and below. -ST 		Bosses need to change mindset
Many retrained seniors worried their employers not keen on keeping them. -ST
An older worker who is still sore over pay cuts
Drive to change salary rule: Unions, consultants react. -ST 		Pay cut at age 60 a relic to be discarded
Retirement Age Act has inadvertently tilted power too much in favour of employers. -ST
Facing up to a new world of low wages
There's no stopping firms in a borderless world to relocate to where labour costs less. 		Govt should take the lead in hiring older workers
Readers' friends over 45 have been rejected from public sector jobs.
Jobs Credit needs more focus
Government should create a more targeted scheme for companies that are struggling, says reader. -myp 		Iron out hourly medical leave
Reader wants equitable way of giving out medical certificates on an hourly basis.
Bosses, let workers take leave on hourly basis
This idea may seem radical and face opposition from most bosses. -myp 		Equal job opportunities a myth?
Younger HR executives do not consider older PMETs as they do not want to work with 'uncles and aunties'. -myp
Minimum-wage policy will cause joblessness
More wages also mean employers will hire fewer workers. -myp 		Link output to tangible benefits
Little done to raise productivity by considering new training techniques, management methods and the use of technology. -myp
Reward firms that hire pregnant women
Aware applauds the Government for the recent changes to the law. 		Reimbursing NSmen's pay: Help with employers' CPF contributions too
Mindef should reimburse businesses for CPF portion of NSmen's pay. -ST
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