Bringing Forward Roll-out of Progressive Wage Model for Landscape Workers

Mr K Karthikeyan asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry can bring forward the implementation of the Progressive Wage Model for landscape workers to this year.

Mr Lim Swee Say: The Progressive Wage Model (or PWM) for landscape workers was announced by the Tripartite Cluster for the Landscape Industry (TCL) in April this year, and will be incorporated as a requirement in the Landscape Company Register (or LCR) administered by the National Parks Board. From June 2016, LCR-registered companies will be required to pay their resident landscape maintenance workers according to the PWM.

The Progressive Wage Model (or PWM) for landscape workers was announced by the Tripartite Cluster for the Landscape Industry (TCL) in April this year, and will be incorporated as a requirement in the Landscape Company Register (or LCR) administered by the National Parks Board. From June 2016, LCR-registered companies will be required to pay their resident landscape maintenance workers according to the PWM.

While the deadline for implementation of the PWM is one year away, progressive companies can move ahead to start adopting the PWM. Funding schemes are available to help incentivise early adoption of the PWM and defray the initial costs of doing so. For example, the Progressive Wage Incentive administered by the Employment and Employability Institute provides grants of up to $150,000 for service buyers that best source from early adopters of the PWM.