AWARE welcomes the recent announcement by the Minister for Social and Family Development (MSF) Masagos Zulkifli, regarding improvements in accessibility for lower-income families seeking childcare subsidies.
Starting 9 Dec 2024, all lower-income families with a gross monthly household income of S...
While the upcoming Workplace Fairness Legislation is a major milestone in Singapore’s fight against discrimination, one critical ingredient may be left out of our fairer future: reasonable accommodations.
The interim report by the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness notably leaves ou...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 14 May 2023.
The Opinion commentary, “Can workplace fairness law deter errant employers and avoid worsening work conflict?” (June 12), highlights some valid points with regard to the proposed anti-discrimination legislation.
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This letter was originally published in TODAY on 2 April 2023.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s response to Aware’s recommendations on the upcoming workplace fairness legislation bears further review.
Aware made our recommendations after the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness re...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 22 March 2023.
When we think of workplace fairness, we most likely imagine a work environment where everyone has an equal chance to succeed, and where employees are given the same opportunities and resources, regardless of their per...
This post was originally published as a press release on 7 March 2023.
7 March 2023 - Singapore’s upcoming Workplace Fairness legislation must explicitly define discrimination; include sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (SOGIE) in addition to other protected character...
Thursday, 2 March 2023 is Singapore's Pay Gap Day. Taking inspiration from similar events elsewhere in the world, such as the United States' Equal Pay Day, Pay Gap Day symbolises how far into 2023 the median woman in Singapore must work to earn (in addition to her 2022 earnings) what the median man ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 2 March 2023.
2 March 2023 — To bring attention to wage inequality between genders, gender advocacy organisation AWARE has designated Thursday, 2 March 2023 as Singapore's Pay Gap Day. Pay Gap Day symbolises how far into 2023 the medi...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 24 October 2022.
One in two workers in Singapore said he or she has experienced workplace discrimination in the past five years, according to a survey of 1,000 workers by gender advocacy group the Association of Women for Action and ...
