SINGAPORE - Travel retailer DFS Group could have better handled its recent retrenchment exercise, particularly in the way they communicated with their employees and how they offered severance packages, Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo said on Saturday .
She also said that the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices has stepped in to engage DFS. A DFS Group spokesman told The Straits Times on Saturday:"Reducing our workforce was a difficult decision, in response to a challenging travel retail environment. Our priority now is to maintain dialogue with affected employees and ensure we provide the assistance they need during this period of change."Media reports this week said that DFS had told about 60 workers at the Scotts Road outlet to leave with immediate effect and it did not give the staff any warning.
A DFS spokesman told The Straits Times then that some 500 staff in Changi Airport would have the option of working with the new operator or with other operators in the airport community, and that some may also be deployed to other DFS locations in Singapore.
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