Workers who lose roles due to redundancies considered retrenched, even if they're asked to reapply: MOM, NTUC

MOM/NTUC: Employers cannot disguise retrenchments as ‘new opportunities’ by asking Singapore workers to reapply for jobs overseas

SINGAPORE: Companies cannot avoid calling a retrenchment a retrenchment simply by asking workers to apply for jobs overseas, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) stated, following concerns that some employers are presenting job cuts as fresh career opportunities during restructuring exercises. According to Channel NewsAsia (CNA), both organisations said that if a role in Singapore becomes redundant, the situat…

Workers who lose roles due to redundancies considered retrenched, even if they're asked to reapply: MOM, NTUC

Even when employers offer new or similar roles for workers after their jobs have been made redundant, these employees are considered to have been retrenched, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) told AsiaOne on Friday (June 5).Both the ministry and labour movement also asked that companies treat retrenchments as a last resort.There has been a trend of some businesses asking workers to reapply for roles und…