SATS seeks volunteers for baggage handling amid MOM probe into contractor firms在人力部调查承包公司之际，新翔集团招募行李搬运志愿者
In a bid to maintain operations, SATS has redeployed employees and sought volunteers for temporary baggage handling duties. The move comes amid the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) probe into 45 firms involved in Changi Airport operations.The firms are being investigated for suspected work pass offences, including false declarations and the illegal deployment of foreign workers.According to The Straits Times, SATS...
In a bid to maintain operations, SATS has redeployed employees and sought volunteers for temporary baggage handling duties.
The move comes amid the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) probe into 45 firms involved in Changi Airport operations.
The firms are being investigated for suspected work pass offences, including false declarations and the illegal deployment of foreign workers.
According to The Straits Times, SATS sent an e-mail to staff on Nov 3 thanking employees for their operational support in recent weeks.
Citing an anonymous SATS employee, The Straits Times reported that staff were encouraged to volunteer for baggage-handling duties.
According to the source, staff were especially encouraged to fill shifts over the Deepavali long weekend.
The Straits Times' anonymous source also claimed that employees from non-operational departments were also encouraged, and that staff who volunteered for 2.5-hour block duties were entitled to transport allowances, time off in lieu and would receive $15 worth of NTUC vouchers.
Redeployment follows MOM probe
SATS' move comes after MOM announced on Nov 2 that it was investigating about 45 firms linked to SATS contractors and subcontractors.
MOM said it identified about 270 workers employed by SATS' contractors and subcontractors whose deployment may not have complied with work pass regulations.
In a Nov 2 media statement, SATS said it had "enhanced internal verification process controls" to ensure contractor workers are deployed in accordance with the parameters of their respective work passes.
The company added that it is rectifying compliance issues in accordance with MOM's guidelines.
MOM's investigations are ongoing.
SATS is one of the key ground-handling operators at Changi Airport, providing services such as baggage handling, passenger services and cargo operations.
AsiaOne has reached out to SATS for comment.
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为了维持运营，SATS 已重新部署员工并招募志愿者从事临时行李搬运工作。
此举正值人力部对樟宜机场运营相关的 45 家公司展开调查之际。
这些公司正因涉嫌违反工作准证规定而接受调查，包括虚假申报和非法派遣外籍劳工。
据《海峡时报》报道，SATS于11月3日向员工发送了一封电子邮件，感谢员工在最近几周的运营支持。
《海峡时报》援引一位匿名 SATS 员工的话说，公司鼓励员工自愿承担行李搬运工作。
据消息人士透露，公司特别鼓励员工在屠妖节长周末期间加班。
《海峡时报》的匿名消息人士还声称，非运营部门的员工也受到鼓励，自愿参加 2.5 小时连续值班的员工有权获得交通补贴、补休，并获得价值 15 新元的 NTUC 代金券。
重新部署遵循 MOM 探针
在新加坡人力部于 11 月 2 日宣布正在调查与 SATS 承包商和分包商有关联的约 45 家公司之后，SATS 采取了这一行动。
人力部表示，他们发现约有 270 名受雇于 SATS 承包商和分包商的工人，他们的派遣可能不符合工作准证规定。
在 11 月 2 日的一份媒体声明中，SATS 表示，公司已“加强内部核查流程控制”，以确保承包商工人按照其各自工作准证的参数进行部署。
该公司补充说，正在按照人力部（MOM）的指导方针纠正合规问题。
人力部的调查仍在进行中。
SATS 是樟宜机场的主要地面服务运营商之一，提供行李处理、旅客服务和货物运输等服务。
AsiaOne已联系SATS征求意见。
swetha.sundararajan@asiaone.com