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19/01/2021 Trade associations and business chambers pledge support for fair hiring, employment practices, Jobs News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
"Doing so helps promote inclusive integration, equity and capability development among employees," the TACs added.
Lastly, employers should support the learning and development of employees so they can acquire the relevant skills and attributes to do their job and be considered for leadership positions in the future, said the TACs.
They should also consider all suitably qualified current employees when looking for candidates for leadership roles in the company, they added.
Employees, meanwhile, should actively undertake development opportunities offered by employers, including accepting overseas work assignments to broaden their experience and acquire new skills to support regional and global businesses.
"Such overseas experience will be advantageous for career progression," said the TACs.
Speaking during a media conference, SBF chairman Lim Ming Yan said the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in more pressures on the employment situation in Singapore, prompting the TACs to assure Singaporeans that employers remain committed to fair hiring practices.
“This is the approach that we have taken. It is not something new, but making that pledge today is important to reinforce this and to encourage our members to come on board, if they are not already on board,” said Mr Lim.
He was joined by several heads of TACs at the media conference, including Mr Andrew Kwan, president of the Restaurant Association of Singapore, who said the joint statement is a timely reminder for companies as they adjust the size and composition of their workforce as a result of Covid-19.
Singapore International Chamber of Commerce chairman Per Magnusson said Singapore must continue to allow companies to freely recruit talent based on merit if it wants to remain competitive globally.
“We should remember that 99 per cent, or even more than 99 per cent, of all companies in Singapore actually do hire fairly... We should focus on that majority that does it right,” he added.
European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore president Federico Donato, The Association of Banks in Singapore vice-chairman John Lee and SGTech executive director Yean Cheong were among the others at the media conference.
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