TAFEP looking into DFS Group's retrenchment exercise after dozens laid off

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SINGAPORE: The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) is looking into the manner in which travel retailer DFS ...

SINGAPORE: The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices is looking into the manner in which travel retailer DFS Group's retrenchment exercise is carried out, the Taskforce for Responsible Retrenchment and Employment Facilitation said on Saturday .at Changi Airport when its lease expires in June next year.It was reported on Thursday that about 60 workers in DFS Group’s Singapore-based operations were asked to leave with immediate effect.

"We urge companies to pay the prevailing norm for retrenchment benefits, unless they are financially unable to do so," the taskforce added in its statement. She said:"I think DFS could have better handled their recent retrenchment exercise, particularly in the way they communicated with their employees and how they offered the severance packages."

"After best efforts to re-deploy, if they find they still have to let some people go, employers owe it to their staff to handle things properly,” the minister explained.Ms Teo added:"So far, retrenchment levels in Singapore have not risen beyond that seen in the last few years.

 

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