Singapore Planning Penalties for Wayward Firms in Virus Push
- Not enough employees following work-from-home orders, Teo says
- Pandemic blow more broad-based than SARS impact, minister says
WATCH: Singapore Manpower Minister Josephine Teo discusses the measures the government is taking to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
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Singapore is working on potential penalties for companies that don’t follow regulations on social distancing and telecommuting during the coronavirus crisis, the country’s manpower minister said.
Currently only some 40% of workers in the city’s Central Business District are following government directives to work from home, Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo told Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin Wednesday.