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Episode: Labouring in Employment! Singapore’s immigration and its foreign workforce policies
Description: Singapore’s immigration policies and its foreign workforce has been in the news once again. In this episode, we turn to look at the following issues in particular: why immigration is such a touchy issue in Singapore;the dichotomy between the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, which advocates for fair and merit-based employment practices, and the Fair Consideration Framework, which requires employers to consider Singaporeans fairly for job opportunities; andthe use of intra-corporate transfers as a mechanism to bring foreign employees into Singapore.