Higher workplace safety fines, longer stop-work orders after spate of fatalities

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Singapore has announced higher workplace safety fines and extended stop-work orders following a recent increase in workplace fatalities, with seven deaths in five incidents over four weeks and a total of 21 fatalities this year. This regulatory move aims to improve worker safety and prevent further accidents.

Seven workers died in five separate workplace incidents over the past four weeks, bringing the total number of fatalities this year to 21.