Details of the movie screening:

Movie:   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Date:    19 July 2009, Sunday

Time:    1.50pm

Venue:  Shaw Lido 1

Cost: $6 per ticket ($1 will be channelled to the ESU U Care Fund)*

How to purchase?

• 1.       Log on to ESU’s website at www.esu.org.sg
• 2.       Go under the “Movie Screening” tab on the left hand side of the web page
• 3.       Enter your details and how many tickets you would like to purchase
• 4.       A booking is only deemed confirmed upon acknowledge by ESU via email.
• 5.       Tickets are allocated on a First Come First Serve basis, whilst stocks last!
• Terms and conditions apply.

Indulge in an unlimited supply of kampong durians in a Yong Peng durian farm.

Followed by a shopping trip at local-products shops and Aeon Tebrau City Shopping Mall

The day will end with a sumptuous seafood dinner of chilli crabs, butter prawns and more!

Click here to see the "1 Day Eat All You Can Durian and Shopping Tour at JB".

To Register:

1.       Pls download the Personal Particulars form and Indemnity form & complete both the forms 2.       Email the completed forms to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or fax: 6872-3346

3.       You may also post it to Education Services Union at: Education Services Union, Kent Ridge Post Office, PO Box 1054, Singapore 911102

4.       Deadline for registration is 26 June 2009, Friday

5.       Please ensure that your passport is not within 6 months of expiry.

"As Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs) are served on people for medical reasons, the period of absence from work necessitated by HQOs should be treated as paid hospitalisation leave, as part of the employee's hospitalisation leave eligibility under his employment contract, collective agreement or under the Employment Act. This position has the support of the tripartite partners and was implemented during the Sars outbreak.

For employees who have used up their hospitalisation leave, employers are urged to exercise compassion and flexibility by granting additional paid hospitalisation leave, as the employees concerned may face financial hardship during this time.

Employers and affected employees who need more information on paid hospitalisation leave can call the Ministry of Manpower Contact Centre on 6438-5122. Any employment dispute on leave of absence arising from HQOs can be referred to the ministry's Labour Relations and Workplaces Division on 6317-1145 for advice and assistance."

Full details can be obtained at ST Forum .

MOM helps local workers recover $800,000 in claims (From Today Online dated 9 Jun 2009)

THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) helped 750 aggrieved local workers recover a total of about $800,000 in salary claims from errant employers in the first four months of this year.

Between January and April, the MOM’s Labour Court heard 490 cases, for which orders were issued to employers to pay the workers. In the remaining cases, employers reached out-of-court settlements with their workers.

The wide range of disputes included unpaid salary in lieu of termination notice to failure to pay employees during their sick leave to unauthorised deductions by employers.

Warning that it is unfair for an employer to deny employees their notice pay if the workers have no opportunity to serve out the notice period, the MOM cited the case of Idealsoft.