Employers should adopt good employment practices such as:
- Recruiting and treating employees fairly and equally, without prejudice or discrimination;
- Safeguarding employee rights and interests through the:
- Provision of acceptable terms and conditions including leave entitlement, welfare, retrenchment benefits, and housing (where applicable), and
- Timely payment of wages;
- Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace so that employees can work safely and more efficiently;
- Providing channels and opportunities for meaningful communication between management and employees/unions, in order to enhance labour-management relations;
- Providing opportunities for training and development to improve employee job competency and allow them to advance in their careers;
- Implementing performance-based wage systems and effective performance management systems that reward employees according to their contributions and performance;
- Implementing policies and programmes that help employees achieve Work-Life Harmony; and
- Implementing age-friendly employment practices that promote the employability of older employees.
