GovTech Layoffs Necessary to Maintain Quality of Digital Services for Singaporeans, Says Jasmin Lau

GovTech layoffs: Government learnt 2 lessons from the exercise, says Jasmin Lau

The Government will apply two lessons gleaned from the first phase of the Government Technology Agency's (GovTech) restructuring exercise in the next phases, which are expected to take place in the next two years.Jasmin Lau, Acting Minister for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Digital Development and Information, was responding to a supplementary question from Patrick...

GovTech layoffs necessary to maintain quality of digital services for Singaporeans, says Jasmin Lau

GovTech officers in their 40s formed the largest age group of affected employees, accounting for about four in 10.

Of GovTech’s 93 retrenched staff, 42% are in their 40s: Jasmin Lau

There is no significant difference in tenure between the exiting officers and those on retraining pathways, said Lau. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GovTech's Layoffs Were Necessary to Keep Up With Rapid Tech Changes, Says Min. Jasmin Lau

The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) said its recent retrenchment exercise was necessary to keep pace with rapid technological changes, after years of relying on natural attrition, retraining and targeted hiring proved insufficient to reshape its workforce. Speaking in Parliament on 4 Aug, Senior Min. of State for Digital Development and Information Jasmin Lau said GovTech had invested heavily in redeployment and apprenticeshi…

GovTech will continue working with vendors amid agency changes: Jasmin Lau

About two-fifths of the 93 people retrenched from the statutory board in July were in their 40s, 30% aged above 50 Read more at The Business Times.