Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sir, the Sunday Times yesterday carried a two-page story on the new ONE Pass. It quoted a sustainability recruiter, one Greg Brittain, as saying and I quote, “The solution is not simply to import more talent. It needs to be a combination of upscaling and developing localContinue reading “STRENGTHENING SINGAPORE’S POSITION AS A GLOBAL HUB FOR TALENT”
Category Archives: Ministry of Manpower
DATA ON AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY DRAWN BY EMPLOYMENT PASS HOLDERS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower for each year over the last 10 years (a) what is the average monthly salary drawn by Employment Pass (EP) holders by deciles; and (b) what is the number of EP holders within each income decile. Dr Tan See Leng: MOM regularly reviews the EP qualifying salary toContinue reading “DATA ON AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY DRAWN BY EMPLOYMENT PASS HOLDERS”
EXCESSIVE RISK-TAKING BY GIG AND PLATFORM WORKERS TO FULFIL ORDERS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Government will (i) consider regulating platform companies to ensure they do not encourage excessive risk-taking by gig and platform workers to fulfil orders, such as by taking on too many jobs an hour or riding during dangerous weather and (ii) study the artificial intelligence and algorithms ofContinue reading “EXCESSIVE RISK-TAKING BY GIG AND PLATFORM WORKERS TO FULFIL ORDERS”
ADJUSTMENT TO CPF INTEREST RATES GIVEN INFLATION
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower in computing the CPF Ordinary Account interest rate based on the three-month average of major local banks’ interest rates (a) which are the banks identified as major local banks and what are the criteria for selection; (b) what are the types of interest rates and parameters usedContinue reading “ADJUSTMENT TO CPF INTEREST RATES GIVEN INFLATION”
ADEQUACY OF CPF BASIC RETIREMENT SUM TO PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM RETIREMENT NEEDS OF SENIORS AND ENSURE DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE
20 Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether there are any commissioned studies to assess whether the CPF Basic Retirement Sum sufficiently provides for the minimum retirement adequacy of seniors and to provide a decent quality of life; (b) whether the Government is considering the need to define specific adequacy goals to meet seniors’Continue reading “ADEQUACY OF CPF BASIC RETIREMENT SUM TO PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM RETIREMENT NEEDS OF SENIORS AND ENSURE DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE”
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FOOD AND GOODS DELIVERY PLATFORM WORKERS AND COMPENSATION AND SUPPORT PROVIDED
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Just a quick question. When the Senior Minister of State announced the formation of the Advisory Committee last September to look at savings of gig workers and the injury framework, the Senior Minister of State, I believe, also announced that the report of the committee would beContinue reading “ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FOOD AND GOODS DELIVERY PLATFORM WORKERS AND COMPENSATION AND SUPPORT PROVIDED”
COMPANIES IMPLEMENTING WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the number of companies that have sought to implement Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) enhancing technologies; (b) what proportion of these companies have received state financial assistance or support; (c) of those receiving such support, what percentage of the total cost for implementation of the WSHContinue reading “COMPANIES IMPLEMENTING WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES”
REASONS AND COUNTERMEASURES FOR RECENT RISE IN WORKPLACE INCIDENTS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Manpower (a) over the past five years, what is the annual number of complaints lodged with the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) reporting hotline, broken down by those lodged by (i) employees (ii) employers and (iii) members of the public; and (b) whether the data reveals any relationship between theContinue reading “REASONS AND COUNTERMEASURES FOR RECENT RISE IN WORKPLACE INCIDENTS”
STUDY ON IMPACT OF LIVING CONDITIONS ON SLEEP QUALITY AND QUANTITY AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry has studied the impact of living conditions on sleep quality and quantity among migrant workers, and, in turn, the impact of sleep quality on workplace safety; (b) if so, what have the findings of such studies been; (c) whether there are efforts in the pipelineContinue reading “STUDY ON IMPACT OF LIVING CONDITIONS ON SLEEP QUALITY AND QUANTITY AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY”
DAILY WITHDRAWAL LIMITS FOR CPF FUNDS AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AGAINST SCAMS INVOLVING EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE SUMS
72 Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower whether the CPF Board imposes any daily withdrawal limits for CPF funds that members are eligible to withdraw; and (b) whether the CPF Board has a threshold beyond which extraordinarily large withdrawal sums are subject to enhanced scrutiny to safeguard against scams. Dr Tan See Leng: CPF BoardContinue reading “DAILY WITHDRAWAL LIMITS FOR CPF FUNDS AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AGAINST SCAMS INVOLVING EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE SUMS”
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