SINGAPORE: The National Trades Union Our elected representatives (NTUC) launched a year-long engagement workout on Thursday (Aug 11) with the purpose of understanding the concerns, focal points and aspirations of workers, and how NTUC can support them in their working lives.
NTUC programs to reach out to a minimum of 20, 000 within Singapore of all ages and sectors, including white-collar and blue-collar workers, to hear their sights around work plus refresh the small with workers in the exercise called #EveryWorkerMatters Conversations, it mentioned in a media discharge.
The conversations are expected to show what will help employees succeed in their careers, what assurances they need across life levels and what protections need to be put in place for the a lot more vulnerable segments of workers, NTUC mentioned. With this information, NTUC said it will put forward recommendations with a see of instituting change.
NTUC additional that the conversations will build on its current efforts to engage workers to understand and champ their needs, including the recent professionals, managers and executives (PME) job force and the newly released youth task force .
A pre-launch survey carried out by NTUC of 1, 500 working people in Singapore in June demonstrated that people’s best three concerns had been the lack of career development, lack of bargaining power to negotiate for much better employment terms plus lack of work-life stability.
In a letter addressed to all employees in Singapore, NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng spelled out their vision of a long term of work that will NTUC wants to champion for workers, along with workers playing a part as well.
Mister Ng made a rallying call for all workers in Singapore, inviting them to take part in the conversations to help NTUC understand the “concerns, priorities and aspirations” of workers.
“Our ultimate objective is simple. To ensure that workers have jobs that make them proud. To assist secure workers’ livelihoods. To provide workers a better future – along with better jobs and better lives, ” he said.
UNCERTAIN PLANET, CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND WORKFORCE PROFILE
The need for these conversations at this point is driven simply by an uncertain entire world, changing demographics and workforce profile, and shifting aspirations, NTUC said. Smaller households and an aging population have new needs, it additional.
Speaking to the particular media during a briefing ahead of the launch, Mister Ng gave the particular example of a 45-year-old employee who has old parents and young children to take care of.
A single option for the worker is having flexible work arrangements in the form of the four-day week along with compromises in profession progression and spend, he said.
This could afford such employees work-life a harmonious relationship with the space to carry out other duties, he or she added.
“All these things are on the particular table, but no one has actually come together to put in concrete measures. ”
Nevertheless , he acknowledged it will be a “very difficult” conversation as while employees are concerned regarding being burnt out and stretched thin from their multiple tasks, employers will be worried about productivity.
“So how do we provide this together ideally in the next 12 months plus innovate and see whether we can put in more measures to try out? ” he asked.
“It will involve most of us putting in our best considering, best efforts with some level, several compromises to see how we want to forge the worker’s compact forward. ”
Mr Ng also resolved the changing work environment.