The Em­ploy­ers’ Con­sul­ta­tive As­so­ci­a­tion (ECA) has urged all stake­hold­ers to recom­mit to tri­par­tite di­a­logue, warn­ing that a “busi­ness as usu­al” ap­proach is un­sus­tain­able in the face of rapid change.

In its Labour Day 2025 mes­sage, the ECA point­ed to a con­ver­gence of dis­rup­tive forces—cli­mate change, eco­nom­ic in­sta­bil­i­ty, and tech­no­log­i­cal trans­for­ma­tion—as threats to both busi­ness con­ti­nu­ity and work­er sta­bil­i­ty. It said on­ly mean­ing­ful di­a­logue could pre­vent ris­ing in­dus­tri­al ten­sions and en­sure labour law re­form keeps pace with new re­al­i­ties.

It wel­comed ex­pressed com­mit­ments to re­vi­talise NTAC and mod­ernise leg­is­la­tion and called for col­lab­o­ra­tion to pro­mote sus­tain­able en­ter­pris­es, re­duce in­equal­i­ty, and en­hance so­cial pro­tec­tion.