20 August 2024
Morning Shot: NTUC in support of new SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support & Shared Parental Leave schemes announced at NDR 2024
Under the new SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support Scheme, lower- and middle-income workers who have lost their jobs would get up to S$6,000 over a period of up to six months.
Four weeks of government-paid paternity leave will be made mandatory from April 2025. And additionally, a new Shared Parental Leave scheme will also be introduced, comprising 10 extra weeks of paid leave, shared between both parents.
Those are among some of the key support measures announced at the National Day Rally and also issues that have been actively championed by the Singapore labour movement over the years.
On this episode of Morning Shot, Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC and Member of Parliament, Pioneer SMC shares his insights from the perspective as a union leader, as well as what ground reactions have been like so far.
Presented by: Audrey Siek
Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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28 March 2024
Morning Shot: Are personal legal issues becoming more complex?
To help workers better cope with increasingly complex legal issues, the Singapore Labour Movement recently launched a Legal Assistance Panel, that will offer discounted legal support.
On this episode of Morning Shot, Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC shares more about the complexity behind issues that workers face and why such a panel is critical.
Presented by: Emaad Akhtar
Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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18 January 2024
Morning Shot: Is there such a thing as responsible retrenchment?
Layoffs have come into the spotlight again recently, after e-commerce giant Lazada axed an undisclosed number of employees in Singapore at the start of the year. It has since apologised for not informing the relevant union about the retrenchment exercise in advance.
But have you ever wondered if there’s such a thing as responsible retrenchment, and how retrenchment exercises should be carried out?
On this episode of Morning Shot, Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC shares his insights.
Presented by: Audrey Siek & Ryan Huang
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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2 October 2023
Morning Shot: Singapore's labour movement launches a "Renewed Workers' Compact" to meet with evolving workers' needs and wants
Singapore’s labour movement, NTUC, has launched a “renewed workers’ compact”, following its engagement with 42,000 workers of all collars and ages over the past year.
On this episode of Morning Shot, Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress shares insights on how this will shape NTUC’s key areas of work going forward.
Presented by: Ryan Huang
This podcast is produced and edited by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

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26 May 2023
Work Matters: Myths of Union Membership
On the first episode of Work Matters - an exclusive series brought to you by the National Trades Union Congress celebrating workers’ contributions - Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC debunks myths on union membership and shares his insights on workers' wages against the backdrop of a weakened economy.
Presented by: Ryan Huang
This podcast is produced and edited by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

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25 November 2021
Why It Matters: Outlook of the local labour market, key trends to look out for
After a year-long consultation exercise to pinpoint better ways to assist professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce has recently issued nine recommendations to address pertinent concerns of PMES. Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress & Co-Chair of the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce, discusses these recommendations and the current outlook of our local market.

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18 Mar 2019
Deciphering Singapore's Recent Labour Market Report
In Career 360, Singapore’s latest labour market report was released last week. MOM says it’s not looking too bad: employment grew for the year, unemployment rates were lower than a year ago and retrenchments were significantly fewer. Patrick Tay, Asst Sec Gen from the Labour Movement NTUC explains the implications and what more can be done to get SMEs on board training initiatives. He’s also MP for West Coast GRC.

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2 Feb 2018
Career 360: PatrickTay, Assistant Secretary General of the NTUC
In Career 360 which looks at all things to do with ones career and lifelong learning, Howie Lim speaks to MP Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary General of the NTUC on the importance of upskilling and lifelong learning.

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