SINGAPORE - More than 850 workplaces have been inspected and 129 stop-work orders, as well as 260 remedial orders (ROs), have been served to companies in a bid to enforce safe distancing at workplaces, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in an update on Thursday (April 2).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - More than 850 workplaces have been inspected and 129 stop-work orders, as well as 260 remedial orders , have been served to companies in a bid to enforce safe distancing at workplaces, said the Ministry of Manpower in an update on Thursday .
"We observed cases where employees were still working in offices, when they could perform their duties and access relevant corporate systems and information from home." The ministry has stepped up its scrutiny of workplaces to ensure that companies have, where practicable, instituted work-from-home arrangements for their staff.
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