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
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.
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