# #824: NTUC Calls Out Employers Hiding Retrenchment & US Probe Finds Singapore Guilty

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Podcast: [Yah Lah But](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349)
Published: 2026-06-05T11:49:41+00:00
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NTUC exposes employers reframing retrenchments as "new opportunities," requiring workers to reapply for roles abroad despite layoffs. Elsewhere, a US Probe finds Singapore guilty of using forced labour, threatening 12.5% tariffs on one-third of SG's exports to the US. 🔔 Enjoyed this one? Please 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 to the channel so you don't miss our latest episodes. Every subscriber helps us grow, open doors to new guests, stories, formats or ideas! 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 , 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. 🎙️ 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝘿𝘼𝘿 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10% 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 11 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺. 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 www.Folklory.com 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Terence: Desi Bling | Official Trailer Haresh: These Teens Are Choosing Trade Classes to AI-Proof Their Futures 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: NTUC Calls Out Employers Hiding Retrenchment NTUC concerned about employers presenting retrenchments as 'new opportunities' by asking workers to reapply for roles abroad Employees who lose positions in S'pore are considered retrenched, even if asked to reapply for other roles: MOM, NTUC SG Layoff Tracker US Probe Finds Singapore Guilty Singapore could face 12.5% US tariff after forced labour trade probe Potential Trump tariffs of 12.5% could hit one-third of Singapore exports to the US: MTI Singapore has US$27b trade deficit with US, to seek clarification on US Trade Representative probe: MTI USTR Makes Findings and Proposes Action in 60 Section 301 Invest…

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