On May 25, 2020, the world mourned over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was unjustly arrested, handcuffed and knelt on by a white police officer Derek Chauvin.  A day after the incident, a subsequent eruption of grief, outrage and frustration has gone beyond the U.S. to become a global reckoning […]Continue reading

Latest findings have revealed that a lot of people end up wasting time and energy simply by going to a workplace. The time to get ready, commute to work place, settle in and get back to your home actually adds up to a lot. We all know that time is money and if you start […]Continue reading

Work-from-home arrangements do not change an employer’s responsibility toward their employees, including work injury compesation. This statement was said by Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad in Parliament on Thursday (Jun 4) in response to a question by Member of Parliament Patrick Tay. Mr Tay was asking for the clarity on the treatment of […]Continue reading

By Stephen Koss, EY Asia-Pacific Workforce Advisory Leader As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, organizations across the region are increasingly being confronted by employee well-being related challenges. The role of leaders must now, therefore, include paying close attention to potentially lethal physical health risks and the effects of increased stress, fear, and uncertainty. The focus must […]Continue reading

Psychologist Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg told HBR that a crisis follows a rough pattern: Emergency, Regression, and Recovery. The emergency phase is when the pandemic becomes clear. Leaders and executives react immediately. Employees have to face the new work from home regulations that they might have never dealt with before. The energy rises and performance goes up. […]Continue reading

There is no doubt that the data revolution has been changing businesses and industries in profound and unalterable ways. Based on McKinsey research, the gap between leaders and laggards in adopting analytics, within and among industry sectors, is growing. Some companies are doing amazing with data; some are still struggling with the basics; while some […]Continue reading

If you work from home, you are well aware of the advantages it provides. There’s no risk of being stuck in traffic or late for the train. You can jump out of bed, switch on the computer, and be doing your job within a matter of minutes. You have the opportunity to work a flexible […]Continue reading

For most HR leaders and managers, making layoff decisions is the most difficult part of their role. Letting employees go during normal times is tough, but amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the task becomes much more daunting and emotionally overwhelming. Layoffs do not only affect workers. Business leaders also experience guilt and stress of having to […]Continue reading

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has ordered three workplaces in Singapore to stop operations due to its failure in meeting safe management measures to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission at work. As businesses in the country are resuming operations following the circuit breaker protocol lifted on Monday (Jun 1), the government strictly encouraged workplaces […]Continue reading

One of Singapore’s top political leaders said the city-state faces a “major and urgent challenge” in the next six months to a year, warning of more job losses ahead amid the coronavirus outbreak. The comments from Tharman Shanmugaratnam came after he chaired the first meeting for a council that included business groups and government leaders […]Continue reading