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Delivery drivers work 12 to 14 hours a day, but some don't get paid leave, CPF contributions or even medical leave.

Few employers get at-scale reskilling right but those who do will certainly build a competitive advantage in the near term.

This is compared to a net loss of some HK$31.2 million in the same period last year.

SINGAPORE (Mar 5): Companies in Singapore are predicting conservative salary increases in the year ahead after a stagnant 2018, finds a recent research report by recruitment specialist Hays.

SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Lower-wage and older Singaporean workers aged 55 and above will receive more support with the introduction of the Budget 2019 measures, announced Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat during his Singapore Budget speech today.

SINGAPORE (Feb 15): Some eight in 10 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore are expecting the government to announce more incentives at Budget 2019 to help support business growth amid a challenging economic environment.

SINGAPORE (Oct 2): For the first time since 2014, salary increases across 17 markets in Asia Pacific saw a mild 0.1% y-o-y rebound this year, according to the latest Salary budget Planning Survey Report (Q3) by Willis Towers Watson.  

SINGAPORE (Oct 16): Hai Leck Holdings says it has been awarded a new project by an existing customer in Jurong Island.

SINGAPORE (Sept 26): Singapore’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are confident in the local economy’s outlook for the next 12 months despite ongoing global political tensions, China’s slowing growth and declining international trade.

SINGAPORE (April 28): Since succeeding his father as CEO in January 2016, Jeffrey Soon has been trying to steer Heatec Jietong into the chemicals industry, which could offer more opportunity for growth than the offshore and marine (O&M) sector.