Laws to tackle workplace discrimination in Singapore cannot be too rigid: Experts

SINGAPORE – Laws to tackle workplace discrimination can better protect Singaporeans against errant employers who do not consider them fairly for job opportunities. Yet legislation cannot be too rigid, labour observers told The Straits Times. If it is, there may be unintended consequences like deterring firms from setting up shop here and creating good jobs... » read more

New laws planned to curb unethical adoption practices in Singapore

SINGAPORE – Significant changes to adoption laws and practices are on the cards here, including moves to make unethical adoption practices a crime. These practices could include “tricking parents into providing consent to give their child up for adoption, hiding important information during the adoption process and ‘testing’ a child’s ‘adoptability’ as if they were... » read more