Protecting & Supporting Freelancers and Casual Contract Workers in Singapore

Assisting FSEs - Freelancers & The Self-Employed

Understanding The Types of Support and Help for FSEs

NTUC U FSE - A Hub for Freelancers and Self-Employed Persons

The Freelancers and Self-Employed Unit, U FSE, is the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) initiative to represent the growing pool of freelancers and self-employed person ​in Singapore, i.e. SEPs. U FSE was launched in 2015 and works to strengthen the income security, skills mastery and collective interests of this group of working people. 

The Tripartite Standard for Contracting Self-Employed Persons

For a start, NAC and NHB will adopt the Tripartite Standard (TS) for Contracting Self-Employed Persons, and we will be working with other cultural institutions to progressively roll this out over the course of the year. The TS will support freelancers in establishing fair contractual terms. For example, it aims to address payment issues upstream by encouraging businesses to have proper written contracts. This creates a baseline of accountability for engaging freelancers, while addressing freelancers’ immediate financial concerns arising from late or non-payment. 

Resource Center for Arts & Culture Freelancers

We will also establish a Resource Centre dedicated to supporting the professional needs of freelancers across the arts and culture sector. The centre will offer physical and digital space to aggregate resources, training programmes and materials important to all freelancers including individual rights and responsibilities, access to shared services (i.e. legal, HR, finance) as well as job and networking opportunities. We will continue to work with key stakeholders to develop further initiatives that can support the needs of our freelancers.


NICA - National Instructors & Coaches Association

References

MCCY COS 2018 Together Making Singapore Home A Caring People • A Cohesive Society • A Confident Nation