SINGAPORE, Feb 4, Straits Times/ANN - More than eight in 10 job seekers in Singapore do not feel that their gender, race, religion, nationality, marital status or number of children stopped them from finding work. Most employees also feel fairly treated by organisations in terms of employment terms and benefits, training, career development and performance evaluation. He added that employment rates of Singapore residents aged 55 to 64 increased from 57 per cent in 2009 to 68 per cent in 2019. At the same time, women residents aged 25 to 64 also saw their employment rates climb from 64 per cent to 73 per cent. Mr Zaqy said the survey was nationally representative and covered about 3,100 individuals and 3,400 establishments.

Source: The Star February 04, 2020 04:18 UTC