MICE players call for higher wage offsets

Contractors providing products and services to this sector will receive only 25% base support, not 75% wage offsets that purpose-built venue operators are eligible for

Published Thu, Apr 2, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

COMPANIES in the meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry have queried their exclusion from the highest tier of a key support measure in the Resilience Budget.

Under the enhanced Jobs Support Scheme in the support package announced on March 26, the operators of purpose-built MICE venues will receive 75 per cent wage offsets for the first S$4,600 of gross monthly wages for each local employee, the same as companies in the aviation and tourism industries.

However, contractors that provide products and services to the MICE scene have been notably excluded. They will receive only the 25 per cent base support earmarked for general companies.

Such companies in the MICE ecosystem range from destination marketers to event management companies, event furnishing rental companies, designers and stand contractors, audio-visual (AV) c…