Fighting for progressive workplaces wins SNEF executive director May Day award

SINGAPORE - Trade union veteran Koh Juan Kiat has received the distinguished service award, the highest accolade in this year's May Day Awards.

Mr Koh, the SNEF's executive director, said on Saturday :"I feel that the award is for SNEF as an organisation and how it has developed over the last 25 years. Mr Koh was involved in major initiatives such as the introduction of the quantitative wage guidelines for low-wage workers in 2012 and the extension of the Employment Act to cover all employees.

Mr Koh was also involved in the first extension of the retirement age, from 60 to 62 in 1999, and the introduction of the re-employment age in 2006. The other award recipients were Mr Loh Khum Yean, permanent secretary for the Public Service Division and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Law, and Ms Yong Ying-I, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Communications and Information.

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