Coronavirus: 129 stop-work orders issued to companies not implementing safe distancing at workplace

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SINGAPORE - More than 850 workplaces have been inspected and 129 stop-work orders, as well as 260 remedial orders (ROs), have been served to companies in a bid to enforce safe distancing at workplaces, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in an update on Thursday (April 2).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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SINGAPORE - More than 850 workplaces have been inspected and 129 stop-work orders, as well as 260 remedial orders , have been served to companies in a bid to enforce safe distancing at workplaces, said the Ministry of Manpower in an update on Thursday .

"We observed cases where employees were still working in offices, when they could perform their duties and access relevant corporate systems and information from home." The ministry has stepped up its scrutiny of workplaces to ensure that companies have, where practicable, instituted work-from-home arrangements for their staff.

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Yes finally god bless for this article I pray for this to knock some sense to my ignorant bosses 🙏

😱Why govt still no consideration of lock down for a week to slow down the situation or at least to implement certain curfew or mandatory restrictions? There are many members of public still unable to hv ‘social distance’ during peak hours! Tt may be the cause of being infected!

Yes now you talking my language

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