Progressive Wage Model for Other Sectors

The following question stood in the name of

Mr R Dhinakaran: –

1 To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Progressive Wage Model will be rolled out to other sectors besides the cleaning and security industries; and (b) if so, which sectors will these be and when it will be rolled out.

Ms Foo Mee Har West Coast): Question No 1.

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Acting Minister for Manpower (Mr Hawazi Daipi) (for the Acting Minister for Manpower): Madam, introducing the Progressive Wage Model in Government regulation is a targeted approach that we have taken for select low-wage sectors such as cleaning and security. These sectors are prone to cheap-sourcing, and low and stagnant wages are prevalent, justifying the need for Government intervention.

We will share more details on Government's approach for progressive wage models in sectors beyond cleaning and security at MOM's Committee of Supply debates later this week.

12.01 pm

Mdm Speaker: Order. End of Question Time.