To address evolving labor problems and meet the changing needs of the workplace, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has established a study group in Singapore.
The Labour Alliance co-laB ( LAB) will bring collectively 50 researchers, scientists, and experts to identify and address employees ‘ needs and problems.
The initiative was launched during the Labour Research Conference on Thursday ( Sep 26 ), which was attended by more than 500 union leaders, industry experts, government agencies and academics.
Its analysis will look into themes such as output, the global market, employee well-being and other emerging labor trends.
The research had aid workers and the labor movement in navigating the rapidly changing economic environment and workplace transformation.
The specialists will get assistance in cash, and access to resources and data posting.
The program, according to NTUC, represents a significant step in its commitment to improving worker conditions, security, and pay.
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP
The group can better understand problems and communicate findings and recommendations, according to Mr. Patrick Tay, associate secretary general at NTUC, by bringing people of different fields up.
” Some issues that workers and the labor face are multidisciplinary and call for the use of various labor experts in various research areas,” he said.
” By pulling different experience and ideas, we may help each other identify blind spots, challenge assumptions and discover deeper insight”, he added.
” We believe the sum is greater than its parts … by bringing everyone together, ( we ) have greater partnership, greater synergies. We want the research and advice to have a positive effect on the ground.
The alliance may include volunteers from the schools of higher learning, think tanks, and state research organizations.
Mr. Tay added that some LAB members had worked with NTUC on projects and study for years even before the release.
One such Test representative who has collaborated with NTUC on earlier projects is Dr. Samuel Chng, a senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Center for Innovative Cities. He claimed that the program helps bring scientists who are interested in work issues together can occasionally be” a little fragmented.”
” Bringing so many academics in… have a shared conversation, to build on the synergies of each other’s work … creates new possibilities for us to strengthen the whole ecosystem, to look at things from a different angle, albeit more holistically”, he said.
A Stable Workplace
One of the most crucial components of today’s workplace is tenacity, according to Associate Professor Terence Ho from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Workers must be competent by anticipating working challenges that may occur, be able to make clean career transitions, and bounce back from setbacks such as a retrenchment, he told CNA’s Singapore Tonight.
Mr Tay added:” We want to support our staff be available, appropriate and adaptable.
” Through data-driven insights and evidence-based research, we’re able to come up with strategies and policies, yet programmes or advocacy areas to help workers fulfill hard environments, as well as ( make them for ) potential needs.”
According to Prof. Ho, there is a pressing need to viaduct labor research and practice on the ground given the numerous major changes in the world of job today, which are caused by technology and other driving causes, such as an ageing workforce.
Through programs such as lectures, seminars, conversations and joint labor parties, the scientific community can work with partners to design and test the innovations, he noted.
They can influence policy making and activities based on data and information, and put the study findings and ideas into practice ( in the workplace ), he added.
Mr Tay said:” This is a win-win goal, where we can gain from their insights, and at the same time, the researchers will be able to view their job have ground effect.”
He added that the group of 50 experts is expected to grow over the coming years and is also interested in collaborating with regional and global partners.