Parliament: MOM to look at beefing up resources to tackle unfair hiring practices, says Tan See Leng

SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Manpower is looking at beefing up resources to scrutinise unfair hiring practices by companies, said Second Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng on Monday .

The Workers' Party chief quizzed the new minister whether"stepping up" entailed increasing the budget for the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices , for instance, particularly as there are a large number of companies in Singapore across many industries.The minister added that resources have also been increased for his ministry to take over the management of the Covid-19 outbreak at migrant worker dormitories from an inter-agency task force.

Dr Tan, who is also Second Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, had said in his speech earlier that MOM had been working"doubly hard" to monitor and ensure companies comply with anti-discrimination measures. During the exchange, Mr Singh also asked Dr Tan about the Fair Consideration Framework, which was introduced in 2014 after Singaporeans voiced unhappiness about foreigners taking away good-paying professional, managerial, executive and technician jobs from them.

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