Ministry meets with Dyson over surprise layoffs


Dyson laid off an undisclosed number of workers on Oct 1. — The Straits Times

SINGAPORE: The Manpower Ministry (MoM) has met with consumer electronics giant Dyson to work on an “amicable solution”, after the company gave a labour union just one-day’s notice of its retrenchment exercise.

MoM said early yesterday that it received a request from the United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries (Uweei) for a conciliation session with Dyson.

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