SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS SET FOR BETTER BENEFITS PACKAGE
November 1st, 2017
SELF-EMPLOYED workers in Singapore are set to be offered better financial and benefits packages to bring them further in line with their employed counterparts to ensure a competitive workforce and economic prosperity prevail.
At a city state National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) held in October this year, secretary-general Chan Chun Sing revealed that the government intends to offer better security to the growing number of self-employed and freelance workers in the country.
Second minister for manpower, Josephine Teo, added: “There are between 180,000 and ...
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