IMPLEMENTATION OF NWC 1983 RECOMMENDATIONS

Mr M.K.A. Jabbar asked the Acting Minister for Labour if he will state the number of companies or employers who have implemented the National Wages Council's 1983 recommendations.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: Based on a survey done by the Ministry in October last year, about 21,300 (or 71%) of 30,000 firms with at least one bargainable employee in continuous employment between 1 July 1982 and 30 June 1983 implemented the 1983 NWC recommendation. This benefitted some 297,000 (or 89%) out of 333,000 (or 89%) of such workers.

Of the 8,700 firms which did not implement the recommendation the majority (54%) gave poor business as the reason. Another 44% did not give NWC wage adjustments because they provided free food/transport or lodgings. The number of workers so affected was 35,900. pulled down - List of mosques built by MUIS since 1975 and old mosques demolished since 1968 by Postal District (Cols. 1465 - 1468) Annexes - BANKING HOURS, LOCATION OF ATMs, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF NTUC's SURVEY ON CASHLESS PAYDAYS - 15 MARCH 1984 (Cols. 1469 - 1476)