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‘Something better and not less’: Woman says upgrade on playground at Pasir Ris Street feels more like a downgrade

SINGAPORE: A woman took to social media to air...

Singaporean man says he’s confused why people keep saying public housing is ‘unaffordable for low-income individuals’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has sparked a debate online...

“Things will pan out well” – PSP candidate on potential three-cornered fight at Marymount SMC

SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) candidate for Marymount SMC...

Ex-WP MP and PSP member call for universal minimum wage

SINGAPORE: The time has come for a universal minimum...

Business

Employee terminated for not agreeing to work on Saturdays, asks Singaporeans, ‘Is this wrongful termination?’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean employee has allegedly been terminated after...

After CDL fallout, analysts push for clearer governance in Singapore’s family-run firms

SINGAPORE: Property giant City Developments Limited's (CDL's) public boardroom...

‘Depression is setting in:’ Employee desperately seeks advice on how to handle a ‘legendarily bad boss’

SINGAPORE: An exhausted employee took to social media to...

CapitaLand Investment to launch first retail REIT in China’s SSE with RMB2.8B of assets

SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI: CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced that it has applied...

Singapore Politics

Kala Manickam calls out Ng Chee Meng’s political comeback: ‘Jalan Kayu doesn’t need a politician staging a return‘

SINGAPORE: In a striking public statement ahead of the...

Jamus Lim saying ‘What we’re trying to deny PAP is a blank cheque’ in 2020 debate emerges again

SINGAPORE: While the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Jamus Lim released...

GE2025: Minister Desmond Lee to anchor West Coast-Jurong West GRC, Foo Mee Har passing baton to new faces

SINGAPORE: All eyes will be on the West Coast...

Josephine Teo saying ‘Opposition will turn your house into a house of cards’ resurfaces

SINGAPORE: You know the General Election (GE) is coming...

Tag: singaporean worker

SG worker asks, “Can my employer take back verbal approval for annual leave and refuse my leave request?”

SG worker says his insufferable manager demands “everything be done exactly as he states, down to the last detail”

“I feel very ‘sian’ with life” — SG woman, 22, says she feels “lost” despite earning S$4.5K/month while her parents pay for all her expenses

‘What should I do?’ SG worker says her boss is giving her a hard time during her notice period

SG worker impressed with M’sian colleague who quit her job in S’pore as her savings can sustain her in M’sia for the next 2 years

“I feel so used and not valued” — Worker says after becoming “disposable” even after putting in much effort; going above and beyond at work

Young SG worker earning S$7k monthly asks, “How do I ask for a pay raise?”

“We must let you go” — SG worker receives termination letter with just one brief line; no reason given

I got “fired without notice” by my boss over the phone because he didn’t want to pay my bonus

“I am left unemployed now” — SG worker gets fired by her boss for posting on Instagram about her trip instead of work while she was on leave