Soup Empire Holdings, which runs the Lao Huo Tang restaurant chain, still owes about $18,900 in CPF contributions for May to July. On 21 Oct the State Courts adjourned its case to 11 Nov so it can pay the rest.
Source: The Straits Times — Lao Huo Tang’s parent firm given 4 more weeks to clear CPF arrears (21 Oct 2026)
Retrenchments jumped to 4,620 in the second quarter — the highest quarterly total since late 2020, Malay Mail reports. MOM says the driver isn’t cost-cutting or company closures; it’s businesses reorganising and restructuring as they digitalise and automate. Vacancies still outnumber jobseekers overall, but the spike points to employers recalibrating faster than expected.
Salaries for political office holders and Members of Parliament will rise by up to 9% from 15 October 2026 — the first change to the framework since 2011, following a review committee appointed in December 2025. The benchmark salary for an entry-level minister (MR4) rises from S$1.1 million to S$1.8 million, an average annual growth…
In a Human Resources Online article written by TAFEP, employers preparing for the Workplace Fairness Act are told to assess all candidates against the same job-related criteria, ask for details such as NRIC and date of birth only at the job offer stage, and keep interview and hiring records for at least a year.
NTUC’s Desmond Choo said on 23 Oct that close to 240 migrant workers linked to Process Maintenance Solutions and Jurong Technical & Construction have gone unpaid for up to two months. The Migrant Workers’ Centre and MOM’s ACE Group are providing meals, job matching and help with salary claims, including overtime pay.
The Institute for Adult Learning launched the Skills-First Framework for Action on 19 Oct, proposing 12 pilot initiatives to help employers hire, develop and promote workers based on skills rather than qualifications or previous titles. It was co-authored with SWDA, NTUC, SBF, SNEF and SUSS, and IAL will set up an observatory to study how well the practices work.
With childcare leave now expanded, MOM has set out how it plans to help employers absorb the extra manpower gaps that come with it — announced 10 September 2026. The headline measure: employers get full reimbursement for the duration of child-related leave taken by their staff, intended to offset the cost of bringing in temporary…
