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Part‐time Employment—Future Trends in Singapore
Author(s) -
Lee Jean,
Hoon Tan Hwee
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119303100107
Subject(s) - business , labour economics , demographic economics , economics
The growing shortage of workers in the labour force in Singapore is a well‐recognized fact. The slowing population growth rate and the present policy on foreign workers is forcing various industries to resort to hiring part‐time workers. Although the Singapore government has been encouraging employers to offer more part‐time employment, the part‐timers’ share of the total workforce is still lagging behind that of many other countries. This paper, based on the statistics in the Reports on the Singapore LabourForce Survey and of the Singapore National Employers’ Federation, aims to explain the demand for part‐time workers and to analyse the potential and problems of the part‐time workforce in Singapore. Some strategies are recommended to employers to increase part‐time employment.