Task force to study how to raise wages of low-income workers

Singapore

A NEW task force will be formed to study how to raise the wages of low-income workers and push productivity growth.

This was announced by Manpower Minister Josephine Teo and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Ng Chee Meng in separate Facebook posts on Sunday.

Mr Ng said the Tripartite Workgroup on Lower Wage Workers will study how to expand the progressive wage model and partner companies to raise productivity to "foster a win-win for employers and workers".

He added that this had been the result of a meeting with Mrs Teo and the president of Singapore National Employers Federation Robert Yap earlier on Sund…

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