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4 burned in Jurong Island fire in stable condition
- May 30, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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All four workers who suffered burns during a fire at a chemical manufacturing plant on Jurong Island are now in stable condition, said Minister of State for Manpower and National Development Zaqy Mohamad. The fire had broken out on Tuesday while the workers were working on or around a drain valve along a process pipeline,
More than 960 firms adopt standard to handle staff grievances, including sexual harassment
- May 8, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – More than 960 companies, that employ nearly half a million workers here between them, have adopted a set of good practices to address workplace unhappiness, including sexual harassment complaints, as of January this year. The scheme – the Tripartite Standard on Grievance Handling – may be voluntary for employers, but the Ministry of
WSH auditors bound by laws, code of conduct
- May 7, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The Association of Safety Auditing Firms (ASAF) is concerned with a viewpoint raised by Mr Yoong Chi Meng, auditor of Ace EHS Singapore (Loopholes in regime to protect workers’ health: Experts, March 31). He said there is potential conflict of interest in the process of appointing auditors. He was quoted in the article as saying:
Companies taking innovative steps to raise workplace safety
- May 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Work platform manufacturer Haulotte has been operating in Singapore for 14 years and is proud of its record of zero workplace casualties. With workplace safety a constant concern in industries such as construction, the company is determined to maintain this record. At an open day at its Changi premises late last month, Haulotte showcased the
More than 300 election workers, police officers in Indonesia die of exhaustion
- April 30, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
JAKARTA (DPA) – At least 287 polling station workers and 18 police officers have died mainly from exhaustion and illnesses associated with overwork after Indonesia’s elections this month, officials said on Monday (April 29). The world’s fourth-largest country held the legislative and presidential elections in a single day for the first time on April 17,
China’s tech giants under fire for long work hours
- April 24, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The extreme overtime culture in China’s technology sector has, in recent weeks, sparked an intense public debate about unhealthy work hours, fuelled by the comments of billionaire entrepreneurs who said they stand by the practice. Once a source of pride and a ready explanation for the meteoric rise of Chinese tech giants, workers are now
Staff-wellness programmes yield little benefit, study shows
- April 22, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
NEW YORK • Companies have long embraced staff-wellness programmes as a way to improve workers’ health and reduce overall medical spending, but a new study may prompt employers to rethink those efforts. The study, published last week in Jama, a medical journal, looked at the experience of 33,000 workers at American retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club
Six polling station officers reportedly died of exhaustion
- April 20, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
JAKARTA • Six Indonesian polling station working committee (KPPS) officers reportedly died due to exhaustion after working long hours on the April 17 election day. One of the officers, Mr Supriyanto, 54, head of a KPPS in Cigalontang subdistrict, Tasikmalaya, West Java, passed out and was rushed to a nearby community health centre but was
Time bar balances interest of employee and employer
- April 15, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
We thank Mr John Gee for his letter (Limitations to work injury compensation scheme, April 4). He was concerned that the Work Injury Compensation Act (Wica) does not cover occupational diseases with long latency periods. In actual fact, this law requires employers to compensate for any work-related injury or disease without assignment of fault. Like
Plans to get tough with firms to boost workplace safety
- April 14, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Singapore has set itself the goal of having among the safest and healthiest workplaces in the world. Rates of workplace deaths and major injuries for every company will be published online, to hit errant companies where it hurts. Clients, such as property developers, and workers will be able to compare employers’ safety records on the
