NTUC probes labour mystery

last SG · 2010-04-06T14:05:40+00:00

slog until your last breathunless, you are very $$$$$$

Calvin86 SG

Must be due to choosy Singaporeans according to a NTU professor. There are vacancies for more than 6 months and these choosy Singaporeans do not take the job and create problems for our great govt. They should welcome large influx of of young able foreigners and compete with them directly for jobs.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_510998.html

THE labour movement aims to unravel the mystery of why a relatively large number of men tend to quit the workforce in their 50s, instead of staying on until the retirement age of 62.

Official manpower figures show that the labour force participation rate for men dips after age 50.

There is no data on the reasons behind this dip, a trend which the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) intends to study in its bid to get more older men, as well as women, to work longer.

But NTUC deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How suggested on Monday that 'some men may want to take it slow after taking out their CPF at 55'.

Hence, the NTUC will start a programme in three months' time to encourage both men and women in their 50s to work beyond 62, said Mr Heng at a seminar on re-employment issues.

The 'Back to Work for Active Agers' programme will be rolled out once the NTUC determines the factors driving people out of the workforce; and works out which industries have the largest exodus of older workers.

the Bear SG

look.. if i have the money to retire right now, i would

angel7030 SG

I really pity Singapore old peoples, must work until die...,

In Taiwan, by 55yo all retired liao, and in China, there is a so called 45/50 rules, for women by 45yo, they should learn to do cooking or making kueh or pao and for men at 50yo, they should learn about doing business, how to go about doing business with what they know best. For example, being a delivery man for most of his career, he has that experience and know how, so he will be taught on how to run a business of his own, since he knows the in and out of the road and neighbourhood so well, get contract from Fed or DHL and do the delivery on their behalf, be his own boss. Leave those wages job to youngsters.

In taiwan, if you are 62yo and still working, the young ones will beat you up for taking their job. But here in singapore, instead of training people to do business, they ask them go back to work...so poor thing

av98m SG

I find it VERY disturbing that our gahmen doesn't want people to retire early to enjoy life.

angel7030 SG

But teaching and supporting older people to do business, be is small or big business, they created jobs for the youngsters, that is how China progressed so fast, but ours is different, ask people to work until die...

Atobe SG

The agenda of the Taiwanese 'hum' is obvious to disrupt the SgForum with its low level frivolous idiocy.

It is obvious that the moderators have given Taiwanese 'hum' a "carte blanche" to disrupt as it pleases with its idiocy and without any intervention.

How did the Taiwanese 'hum' manage to post two replies at the same time when there is a 30 second bar between postings ?

S’poreans must not create an image that new immigrants are n - 04 Apr ’10 –10.53AM

Undersea nuke power plant in SG southern islands – 04 Apr ’10 – 10.53AM

It is not a surprise that the Taiwan 'hum' will continue to agitate by flapping its ‘Labia Majora’ and ‘Labia Minora’ to taunt in total idiocy - ‘hahaha..now u know who i am hor...the special one.’ (*1)

The agenda of a Taiwanese 'hum' in this SgForum was clearly stated by itself - ‘to make sure the audience moving/divert toward you’ (*2)

Is it any surprise to see that the efforts of the resident CBM here is obviously to sabotage the thread with its flippant and irrelevant replies, and get all attempts at serious discussion to be driven off track - simply to bring attention to its own stupidity ?

With its brain stuck between its ‘Labia Majora’ and ‘Labia Minora’ - and a brain no bigger then the size of its ‘clitoris’ - all it can do is to flap in rapturous idiocy to attract attention to itself as an 'Attention Seeking Whore' fitted with a world class CBM.

Calvin86 SG

I saw this in another forum

You can hardly get another employment once you are above 40, not to mention 50 year old folks.

NTUC needs to get real.

angel7030 SG

ya, it is true, dun need another forum, anyone called me for a job is above 40 years old, i just bang the phone down

Atobe SG

ya, it is true, dun need another forum, anyone called me for a job is above 40 years old, i just bang the phone down

The agenda of the Taiwanese 'hum' is obvious to disrupt the SgForum with its low level frivolous idiocy.

It is obvious that the moderators have given Taiwanese 'hum' a "carte blanche" to disrupt as it pleases with its idiocy and without any intervention.

How did the Taiwanese 'hum' manage to post two replies at the same time when there is a 30 second bar between postings ?

S’poreans must not create an image that new immigrants are n - 04 Apr ’10 –10.53AM

Undersea nuke power plant in SG southern islands – 04 Apr ’10 – 10.53AM

The agenda of a Taiwanese 'hum' in this SgForum was clearly stated by itself - ‘to make sure the audience moving/divert toward you’ (*2)

Lokey SG

do they choose to retire or the society retire them?

it is the fact that nobody wants them when they are in the 50s. even if the employers do want them, but giving them a thousand plus salary, if it is me, i would prefer stay at home.

Rock^Star SG

the key words from heng chee how were "most men tend to take it slow after 55". Hahahaha. So expect the drawdown age to increase so that productivity may increase and hence allay the concerns of that labour report.

charlize SG

Strip away all the "details", and basically their message is "we will continue to import more cheap labour into the country".

All that "choosy", "stop working at 50" is just a cover.

Samuel Lee SG

The agenda of the Taiwanese 'hum' is obvious to disrupt the SgForum with its low level frivolous idiocy.

It is obvious that the moderators have given Taiwanese 'hum' a "carte blanche" to disrupt as it pleases with its idiocy and without any intervention.

How did the Taiwanese 'hum' manage to post two replies at the same time when there is a 30 second bar between postings ?

The agenda of a Taiwanese 'hum' in this SgForum was clearly stated by itself - ‘to make sure the audience moving/divert toward you’ (*2)

I see, one on 10:53:01, the other on 10:53:40 ?

angel7030 SG

I see, one on 10:53:01, the other on 10:53:40 ?

wha Lau!!!, even posting timing also check...haiz, let my Uncle be lah, he always live in hallucination ya. That is why i never disturb him. Poor uncle, gets left and right from PAP govt...really pity him.

CheckmateA1 SG

are you a girl or boy

may be a pebble in the ocean

angel7030 SG

do they choose to retire or the society retire them?

it is the fact that nobody wants them when they are in the 50s. even if the employers do want them, but giving them a thousand plus salary, if it is me, i would prefer stay at home.

that's is the problem, people dun see their worthy, if you are down to thousand as pay, it is better than getting none, Singaporeans old uncles just want face, they dun want to be guards, doormen, gardeners, hotel room cleaners, sweepers etc etc, to them if some relatives or friends see them, they feels very shameful. That is the problem most never want to take up lower job, which actually fit their age to take up, so, what to do, get the foreigner in lah.

angel7030 SG

are you a girl or boy

may be a pebble in the ocean

stop asking me, move my pawn to checkmate you

Atobe SG

I see, one on 10:53:01, the other on 10:53:40 ?

With the idiocy displayed, do you think that the Taiwan 'hum' is capable of any intelligence to handle speed ?

CheckmateA1 SG

stop asking me, move my pawn to checkmate you

i never refer to you

are you insane

CheckmateA1 SG

are you lj or cb