Employment of Foreign Workers (Amendment) Bill‚ 2nd Reading Speech by Dr Ng Eng Hen‚ Minister for Manpower‚ 22 May 2007 Print This Page Email This Page Mr Speaker‚ Sir‚ I beg to move “That the Bill be read a second time.” Rationale 2. Singapore today enjoys strong economic growth accompanied by plentiful new jobs - an all-time high of 176‚000 in 2006‚ of which 90‚900 went to locals. The economic prospects continue to look promising. We have a strong investment pipeline with a
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FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA Can’t live with them‚ can’t live without them. At least that’s what quite a lot of Malaysians I know feel about them. Deputy Human Resources Minister‚ Senator said that there are 1.403 million foreigners here holding the Temporary Employment Visit Pass‚ which accounts for 11.2% of Malaysia’s total workforce. That’s actually quite a lot of foreigners for a country with a 2.7% unemployment rate as of last year. But it’s no use denying the fact that we need them. The fact
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CASE 9 Daryl Benson NIKE: Managing Ethical Missteps—Sweatshops to Leadership in Employment Practices Phil Knight and his University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports‚ later renamed Nike‚ in 1964. The idea‚ born as a result of a paper written by Knight during his Stanford MBA program‚ was to import athletic shoes from Japan into the U.S. market otherwise dominated by German competitors Puma and Adidas. The company initially operated as a distributor for
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2013 History: Factory Worker Working in factories became a new kind of job experience in Canada between the 1840 ’s-1930 ’s whether it was a clothing‚ textile‚ or industry worker. It was an industry of disaster that seemed to hang for most of those years. There were many strikes at this time by the factory workers about the working conditions‚ new machinery that could cause workers to lose their jobs‚ and many more. Those years were very hard for factory workers. Factory workers included men‚ women
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Conditions for Factory Workers in Russia’s Industrialization There were a great amount of horrible features in the Russian factories. First of all‚ there were no special quarters for the workers. Skilled hand craftsmen slept on or under their looms‚ the velveteen cutters slept on the tables they worked on‚ carpenters slept on their work benches‚ and other workers of both sexes and all ages slept together on damp pieces of mats. This was certainly unhealthy because most of the areas were musty
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unrealised potential in foreign factories. Ferdows preaches‚ “Superior manufactures gain a competitive advantage by methodically upgrading the strategic role of their plants abroad.” According to Ferdows‚ traditionally corporations have established and managed their foreign plants to benefit only from tariff and trade concessions‚ cheap labor‚ capital subsidies‚ and reduced logistics costs. Therefore‚ they assign a limited range of work‚ responsibilities‚ and resources to those factories (Ferdows‚ 1997)
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Is it fair to workers of developed countries when companies shift work to lower wage countries? The main reason companies shift work to lower wage countries is to reduce operating costs. Low labour‚ production‚ and energy costs in countries such as China‚ Japan‚ India‚ and Mexico is causing companies to shut their factories within the United States and open new factories in those foreign countries. This leads to the loss of jobs within the United States‚ a lower standard of quality‚ and
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The Influx of Foreign Workers into Malaysia Written by Nor Hartini binti Saari. Posted in Artikel The influx of foreign workers into Malaysia is not a new phenomenon. Looking at the concern issues‚ it is a task for the Malaysian government to search for a mechanism in order to manage and control this phenomenon before it become worse. From a domestic perspective‚ there are several ways or strategies the Malaysian government may take to deal with this problem. To deter foreign workers from becoming
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IMPACTS OF FOREIGN WORKER IN SINGAPORE CONTENT 1. Introduction 2 2. Demographic Profile of Foreign workers 2 3. Reasons Singapore Need Foreign Workers 4 3.1 Low Birth Rate 4 3.2 Ageing Population 4 3.3 High Skilled and Low Skilled jobs 4 4. Impacts of Foreign Workers to Singapore 5 4.1 Positive Impacts 5 4.1.1 Achieve Economic Growth 5 4.1.2 Diversify Human Capital 6 4.1.3 Increase Income and GST Tax Revenue 6 4.2 Negative Impacts 7 4.2.1 Congestion in Public Transport System 7
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low-skilled foreign workers to do the jobs that American workers will not do. These foreign workers might be new immigrants‚ illegal aliens or‚ in the current debate‚ temporary or guest workers. But if low-skilled foreign workers were not here‚ would lettuce not be picked‚ groceries not bagged‚ hotel sheets not changed‚ and lawns not mowed? Would restaurants use disposable plates and utensils? On the face of it‚ this assertion seems implausible. Immigrants and low-skilled foreign workers in general
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