Young NTUC Workplan SeminarRUN 350Young nTuC Workplan Seminar51 youth chapter representatives and Young NTUC activists gathered at Taipei, Taiwan for Young NTUCs Annual Workplan Seminar. The workplan seminar focused on reinforcing the youths work under the 3 pillars: namely Work as Inspiration, Family as Foundation, and Environment as Benefaction. The youths also took the opportunity to engage in meaningful sharing and exchanges with a local union, Chinese Federation of Labour, Taiwan (CFL), a Non-Profitable Organisation, 350 Taiwan and the Tzu Chi Foundation Recycle and Love Station.

WHATS ONrun 350The 6th edition of RUN 350 saw 12,000 runners doing their part to raise awareness for better environmental conditions for our future generations. As Singapores largest eco race, the Run ensured that all participants practiced environmentally-friendly measures during the race such as the Bring-Your-Own-Bottle Initiative, by having bicycle racks for runners or encouraging carpool and separating race wastes like banana peels, cans and plastic bottles.

issue 004 | Young nTuC newsletter

FurTHer riSe in WageS HingeS upon proDuCTiViTY

1 May 2015

a key ingredient to making SkillsFuture a success is the strong three-way partnership between the government, employers and unions.

Prime Minister warned that productivity growth had been moving too slowly. This was partly the result of an unsettled world economy and the fact that Singapores previous strategy is reaching its limits. We needed a fresh approach. This was why we are working hard to make SkillsFuture a reality. But for this to work, workers need to take charge of their development and career. Employers must also support their workers and where possible, grant time off to attend training.

WHOS IN

Realising we are in a superbly interconnected world, we as individuals are indirectly responsible for almost every environmental issue. Hence we should and must be part of the solution. If Zen could describe himself with three words, it would be Responsibility, Action and Education. As a full time educator, Zen strongly believes that every individual has a stake and responsibility to help conserve the environment ; and that only with a concerted effort from all facets of the global society can help the problem of climate change.

PUTERA ZENATA350 Singapore

Essentially the core of being a unionist is to listen to the feedback of others, helping them and doing better. And in all these, Sherry credits Young NTUC for bringing different unions and people together through the various events in the year. The invaluable knowledge and networking built through these interactions helped her to better plan her events as she hears from the experiences of others.

SHERRY TANYoung SMOU

PUTERA ZENATA, 350 Singapore

SHERRY TAN, Young SMOU

WHATS UP

Prime Minister, Lee Hsien LoongTalking About SkillsFuture

inDoneSia To FaCTor proDuCTiViTY inTo neW SYSTem For Wage riSeS

12 May 2015

indonesia plans to factor in productivity into a new system to set annual minimum wage gains, in an effort to lift the skills of workers and avoid labor disputes.

The new system is still being discussed with unions and the main employers association, Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri said in Jakarta on Thursday, declining to give a timeframe for implementation. Minimum wages are usually set in November, with thousands of workers protesting last year in a nationwide strike for higher pay because of inflation. Minimum pay in the capital climbed 11 percent this year to 2.7 million rupiah ($205) a month. Unions called for at least 3 million rupiah, a level the employers group known as Apindo has said would lead to job cuts.

The only way to accommodate wage increases without jeopardizing competitiveness is to increase labor productivity, the World Bank said in the report. Indonesia Manpower Minister also mentioned that the country needed a wage system for labor costs to be predictable and also a formula that will be fair for labor.

Indonesian Minister for Manpower, Hanif Dhakiri

PRODUCTIVITY

THe WorkForCe CriSiS oF 2030 anD HoW To STarT SolVing iT noW

Oct 2014

artificial intelligence could help counter the forecasted major labour shortage in 2030.

aCroSS BorDerS, TalenT SWapS Help DeVelop SkillS anD CareerS

19 May 2015

Talent swaps allows employees in the same company from different countries to temporarily switch jobs, and this helps promote cross-border mobility earlier and to attract and retain employees who are seen as having high potential.

Talent Swap is gaining traction in the corporate world. It allows employees to swap jobs for a short period of time, typically less than a year. The swap is effective for career development, to broaden skills, to promote cross-border mobility earlier and to attract and retain employees who are seen as having high potential. On the contrary, some cited possible loss of productivity, disruption to clients and companies, and lateral moves for employees. They learn new skills but are not always being promoted.

Research by Boston Consulting Group suggests that contrary to fears of mass unemployment as humans are replaced by robots, 12 of the worlds 15 largest economies (together representing 70% of the worlds GDP), are actually projected to face a labour shortage by 2030. Automation will make up some of the shortfall. However, artificial intelligence and robotics are just as likely to compound the situation with the new jobs they will bring and the new skills the technology will require actually aggravates the already serious labour shortages.

Local nursing homes have banded together to buy in bulk new machines which can measure various vital signs at one go. Increased automation helps minimize lapses and raise productivity ; their admission process has cut down from two days to a few hours.

LOCAL NURSING HOMES JOIN FORCES TO BOOST CARE TECH

14 Apr 2015

Banding together to buy tech in bulk help achieve economics of scale, increased automation and raised productivity.

SKILLS

Local Nursing Homes

The Workforce Crisis of 2030

Global Workforce crisis

TECHNOLOGY

Talent Swap