Waste management sector edges closer to progressive wage model

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Rank-and-file workers in waste management and recycling are one step closer to having better wages tied to a skills development ladder, after the labour movement proposed setting up a tripartite committee to look into implementing a progressive wage model for the...

The tripartite committee, which will bring together unions, employers and the Government, is set to be chaired by NTUC operations and mobilisation division secretariat director and Marine Parade GRC MP Mohd Fahmi Aliman, while discussions are under way on picking other representatives.

Asked about the recent debate on the progressive wage model and minimum wage, Mr Ng said that in the long run, NTUC hopes to raise the wages of workers in different sectors not just through the progressive wage model, but also by"looking at the total possibilities for workers". With the Government stepping in to top up wages first with the Workfare Income Supplement, employers can improve productivity so that the entire industry progresses and workers can be paid more, he said.

 

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