Retail, F&B firms welcome further job support but face foreign labour, rental challenges
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FOOD and beverage (F&B) and retail firms welcomed the extension of the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday.
Firms in these sectors will get 30 per cent subsidy on the first S$4,600 of wages for local employees until March 2021. Currently, they have been receiving 50 per cent wage subsidy, with August being the last month covered.
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