On August 17 2023, around 50 people attended a virtual event titled ‘For Good Reason: A Panel on Workplace Accommodations’ to discuss how companies can create policies to help all individuals thrive and how such inclusive measures in turn benefit the companies.
Organised by the Disabled P...
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 op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 14 May 2023.
Long before anti-discrimination workplace legislation was mooted in Singapore, legal benefits and protections were already in place for working mothers: For example, the right to at least three months of matern...
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 ...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 15 October 2022
One in two individuals, or 54 per cent, who experienced workplace discrimination in Singapore in the past five years did not report it to any authorities.
This was one of many sobering findings from the recent A...
