{"id":879414,"date":"2026-09-04T07:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879414\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:14:09","slug":"singapore-employers-taking-measured-approach-in-hiring-and-wage-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879414\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore employers taking &#8216;measured&#8217; approach in hiring and wage increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The survey findings suggest that while labour market pressures have eased somewhat, most employers continue to face significant cost pressures and uncertainties in business outlook,&#8221; said Kuah Boon Wee, vice president of the SNEF Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/snef.org.sg\/news\/snef-survey-on-wage-and-employment-outlook-2026-2027-labour-market-tightness-ease-but-employers-remain-cautious-on-wage-growth-amid-global-uncertainty-and-rising-manpower-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is reflected in the measured approach many are taking towards wage adjustments with slightly more companies planning wage moderation or wage freeze.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report noted, however, that 86% of employers are planning to provide built-in wage increases for lower-wage workers in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 14% are planning a wage freeze, while no company is considering a wage cut for these workers next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is also heartening that most employers remain committed to supporting lower-wage workers though fewer are planning to give wage increases,&#8221; Kuah said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The survey findings suggest that while labour market pressures have eased somewhat, most employers continue to face significant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164,33192,5449,448692],"class_list":["post-879414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-hiring-outlook","tag-human-resources","tag-wage-increase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}