The Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness has recommended that Singapore’s upcoming Workplace Fairness Legislation (WFL) limit its definition to direct discrimination, which they recommend defining as “making an adverse employment decision because of…
Earlier this month, the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness released its Final Report containing their final recommendations on what should be included in Singapore’s upcoming and first workplace anti-discrimination legislation – known as…
We at DPA thank SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and SG Enable for replying to our Forum letter on the need for SkillsFuture to be made more accessible. We have released the following statement in…
We at the Disabled People’s Association (DPA) Singapore thank SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and SG Enable for replying to our Forum letter on the need for SkillsFuture to be made more accessible. We acknowledge…
Earlier this year, DPA Research and Policy Manager, Max Soh interviewed deaf advocate, Jessica Mak. Jessica is a deaf advocate with years of experience advocating for deaf people in Singapore. Currently, she is…
The need to enhance life-long learning through Singapore’s SkillsFuture ecosystem to meet the uncertain economic times we are living in has been a topic that has arisen frequently in recent months – whether…
DPA, along with other organisations such as AWARE, have documented the prevalence of discrimination – including both direct and indirect forms of discrimination – showing how different forms of discrimination have similar adverse…
One important way for employers to address cases of discrimination is for employers to incorporate providing reasonable accommodations into their standard operating procedures (SOPs) at all stages of employment – from advertising, to…
In August 2022, gender equality group Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) in partnership with consumer research company, Milieu Insight, conducted Singapore’s first comprehensive survey on workplace discrimination – polling 1,000…
As we have defined in our 2018 “Discrimination Faced by People with Disabilities in the Workplace” study, discrimination on the basis of disability may be simply defined as “unfair treatment is meted out…
