The worst employer is the Government Linked Companies.
By manipulating the NTUC - which is run by a PAP
Minister-without-Portfolio in the Prime Minister's Office - the
Government has encouraged adopting the idea of short term
employment contracts that are renewable every 3 to 5
years.
The simplistic reason given was that a "short term
employment contract" allows the employer the flexibility of
adjusting manpower needs, without having to adjust the salary or
CPF of the workers.
Nothing was elaborated that when manpower is adjusted
- the short term employment contract is no longer
renegotiated, and the employer simply wash its hands without even
needing to give a "Golden Handshake" to the "expired" contract
worker - as the worker is not retrenched but its employment
contract had expired.
Does a worker without job need to be concerned about salary
adjustment or CPF cuts ?
While the interests of the Employers are considered, did the PAP
Government give any consideration to the interests of those workers
who have been adjusted out of their jobs when their "short term
employment contract" reach its end-date ?
Under such circumstances, while the PAP Elites give
themselves an iron rice bowl, they expect the Singapore workers to
be contented with our insecure rice bowl.
The obvious winner in this setup is the Singapore Government -
who is the biggest employer of Singaporeans.
