The drawing up of legislation is not usually an easy task but
probably necessary because work equity is something good employers
will grant but bad employers won't.
A good employer will still do his best to provide all in his
community with jobs so people can make a living eg hiring a
disabled person although they may not be as productive. End result
is the community is happy and all can make a living without
government stepping in to provide assistance.
Bad employers only hire the best as this is best for their
business, they don't care about livelihood or the state of the
community. There may not be an impact on the community because
there are still good employers around.
However in time, the good employers are forced out of business
because they are not as competitive. The market is now only stocked
with bad employers.
Now portions of the population become unable to find jobs and
become needy. Poverty and unemployment generally leads to
discontent and crime. It was the efforts of the good employers
which held most of this at bay.
Now the bad employers move away because of the crime and
degenerating environment further exarcerbating the problem and
the location becomes depressed.
The law seeks to punish bad employers who practice this sort of
hiring practice. Look at it not in terms of discrimination or in
terms of economic principle but in terms of actively discouraging
the kind of pickyness and social irresponsibility that will lead to
the above negative social scenarios. The law will make more sense
then.
sir, i worked as a presales technical consultant and i visited
all the major local and overseas banks in SG and i can tell u, the
whoooole IT depts are usually staffed with indians and pinoys. why?
is there a discrimination against hiring locals?
but bottomline; the sporeans in singapore arent accustomed to be
aware of their civil and employment rights. usually think for the
top management instead of ourselves and in the end, shortchanged
ourselves even without realizing it. I too fell into this trap when
i was in SG. not anymore.
my purpose is to bring forth such laws that are commonly
practised here in oz to the general public of singapore. whether u
will pursuade the MPs to push forth such bill is entirely up to
you.
