Singapore will soon have workplace anti-discrimination laws: Here’s what you need to know

• Main Author: ONG, Benjamin Joshua
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Workplace discrimination; employment discrimination; legislation; Singapore; Asian Studies; Human Resources Management; Labor and Employment Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3456; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5414/viewcontent/WorkplaceAnti_DiscriminationLaws_Today_20210908_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Work is often a significant part of one’s life. Decisions by employers — including hiring decisions and choices on how to treat employees at work — can have life-changing effects on lives and livelihoods. Therefore, if there were reason to suspect that some employers make such decisions on the grounds of applicants’ or employees’ race, sex, or other personal characteristics without a valid reason, then we should be worried. If that were to become widespread, our society would suffer. Some people would face greater challenges than others at work, and therefore in life, merely because of who they are.