Passive smoking kills 6,800 annually
Roughly 6,800 people in Japan are estimated to die every year from lung cancer or heart disease caused by passive smoking, and more than half — around 3,600 — are exposed to secondhand smoke in their workplace, a research team said Tuesday.

For more, see http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100929a3.html

Talents of women are being squandered
THE post-election environment has seen business leaders call for accelerated national reform, to take advantage of a highly dynamic global economic situation.

For more, see http://www.smh.com.au/business/talents-of-women-are-being-squandered-20100927-15u6j.html

Employers told to tear down office firewalls
Employers should tear down firewalls that prevent staff from social networking while at work, according to a leading internet security expert.

For more, see http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/employers-told-to-tear-down-office-firewalls-20100922-15mti.html

Minimum wage law not advisable
A MINIMUM wage law is based on the basic needs argument that employers should pay a full-time worker enough for an adult worker to support himself and his family without public subsidy.

For more, see http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/home

New WSH Guidelines
The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council has recently issued four sets of Guidelines:
(1) Fatigue Management
(2) Workplace Traffic Safety Management
(3) Safe Loading on Vehicles
(4) Managing Heat Stress at the Workplace

For more, see https://www.wshc.sg/wps/portal/announcement?action=detailedAnnouncement&fAnnouncementID=AN2010092400531

Work smarter not harder in 2011
Run off your feet and feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? Frustrated by a business that's leaving you exhausted rather than exhilarated?

For more, see http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/my-business-success/work-smarter-not-harder-in-2011-20100922-15mi7.html

4% SMA & RA Interest Rate Guarantee Extended till December 2011
The Government has announced that the 4% guarantee for interest earned on all Special and Medisave Accounts (SMA) monies and Retirement Account (RA) monies will be extended for one year until 31 December 2011. After 31 December 2011, the 2.5% floor rate will apply for all CPF accounts.

For more, see http://mycpf.cpf.gov.sg/CPF/News/News-Release/N_20Sept2010.htm

Key features of re-hiring legislation put up for public consultation
SINGAPORE: A public consultation paper on the key features of the proposed re-employment legislation sets out clearly the process of seeking recourse for re-employment disputes.

For more, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1081579/1/.html

S'pore should not set a minimum wage for low-income workers: Lim Boon Heng
SINGAPORE : Singapore should not set a minimum wage for low-income workers, according to Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, during a speech at a ceremony recognising top managers in the country.

For more, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1081457/1/.html