Tripartite Relations in Singapore Tutor-Marked Assignment-
TASK
The National Wages Council (NWC) Guidelines 2016/2017 focus on a number of key employment relations issues in Singapore, namely:
(i) Press on with Restructuring and Productivity Efforts Amidst Economic Uncertainty.
(ii) Wage Recommendations for Low-Wage Workers.
(iii) Low-Wage Workers in Outsourced Work.
(iv) Progressive Wage Model (PWM).
(v) Employment of Older Workers and Economically Inactive Persons.
(vi) Responsible Retrenchment.
You are required to write an essay to cover the following points:
(a) Interpret and explain these IR/HRM issues.
(b) Appraise why these issues are of significant concerns to employees (including the labour movement), employers and the government.
(c) With reference to the IR/HRM concepts you have learned in HRM255, discuss your views on the issues.
(d) Propose how to handle, better handle or minimize the concerns of the tripartite partners.
1000 words
7 references.