Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sir, I understand the SkillsFuture JobSeeker Support Scheme is expected to cost $200 million yearly. How will this be funded? For example, will any tax increases be needed for this? Did the Government consider making this an unemployment insurance scheme so that it is more fiscallyContinue reading “BASIS OF SKILLSFUTURE JOBSEEKER SUPPORT SCHEME AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS”
Category Archives: Ministry of Manpower
INCIDENCE OF SALARY CLAIMS WITH BREAKDOWN BY WORK PASS TYPES AND OF WORK PERMIT HOLDERS BY INDUSTRY
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Manpower in each year of the last three years (a) what is the number of incidence of salary claims with a breakdown by work pass types; and (b) what is the number of incidence of salary claims among work permit holders with a breakdown by industry. Dr TanContinue reading “INCIDENCE OF SALARY CLAIMS WITH BREAKDOWN BY WORK PASS TYPES AND OF WORK PERMIT HOLDERS BY INDUSTRY”
COMPUTATIONS FOR CPF LIFE INTEREST EARNINGS AND PAYOUTS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Retirement Account funds used to pay for CPF LIFE continue to earn interest for the member after monthly payouts commence; (b) what are the expected assumptions imputed in deriving the CPF LIFE monthly payouts; and (c) whether this differs with (i) varying members’Continue reading “COMPUTATIONS FOR CPF LIFE INTEREST EARNINGS AND PAYOUTS”
Considerations in Granting In-principle Approvals and Employer Liability for Migrant Domestic Workers
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry considers police and immigration records when assessing work permit applications and granting of in-principle approvals for the hiring of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) and, if not, why not; and (b) whether employers remain liable for the costs of bringing MDWs into SingaporeContinue reading “Considerations in Granting In-principle Approvals and Employer Liability for Migrant Domestic Workers”
APPROVALS GRANTED TO WORK PERMIT HOLDERS AND MDWS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN SINGAPORE BEYOND AGE 60
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether approvals, upon appeal or application, have been granted to work permit holders and migrant domestic workers (MDWs) to continue working in Singapore beyond the age of 60; (b) if so, how many of such approvals have been granted to work permit holders and MDWs respectively inContinue reading “APPROVALS GRANTED TO WORK PERMIT HOLDERS AND MDWS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN SINGAPORE BEYOND AGE 60”
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND CPF NOMINATIONS ANNULLED OVER PAST FIVE YEARS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower (a) in each year of the past five years, how many complaints have been received by the CPF Board about allegedly fraudulent CPF nominations; (b) how many CPF nominations have been annulled following these complaints; and (c) what are the main reasons for such annulments. DrContinue reading “COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND CPF NOMINATIONS ANNULLED OVER PAST FIVE YEARS”
RATE OF RE-EMPLOYMENT OF PMETS WHO HAVE REACHED STATUTORY RETIREMENT AGE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower in each of the last five years (a) how many resident professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) applied for and were offered re-employment upon reaching the statutory retirement age; (b) how many were not; (c) what were the reasons provided by employers for not offering re-employment,Continue reading “RATE OF RE-EMPLOYMENT OF PMETS WHO HAVE REACHED STATUTORY RETIREMENT AGE”
WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN PAID RETRENCHMENT BENEFITS THAT EXCEEDED PREVAILING NORMS
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Manpower (a) with reference to the Ministry’s 2017 survey on retrenchment benefits, how many workers have been paid retrenchment benefits that exceeded prevailing norms; and (b) whether the Ministry plans to continue undertaking and publishing such surveys on retrenchment benefits and, if so, with what frequency. Dr Tan SeeContinue reading “WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN PAID RETRENCHMENT BENEFITS THAT EXCEEDED PREVAILING NORMS”
TIME LIMIT FOR EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATIONS AND EMPLOYEE RECOURSE UNDER WORK INJURY COMPENSATION ACT 2019
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the time period when employers are liable and required to submit and update the Ministry on the status of work injury claims under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019; and (b) what recourse is available to employees (i) if their employers fail toContinue reading “TIME LIMIT FOR EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATIONS AND EMPLOYEE RECOURSE UNDER WORK INJURY COMPENSATION ACT 2019”
PROGRAMMES THAT SUPPORT SKILLS TRANSFER BY FOREIGN SPECIALISTS WORKING IN SINGAPORE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower beyond the Capability Transfer Programme (a) what other programmes support skills transfer from foreign specialists, including employment pass holders, to Singaporeans; (b) what metrics are used to measure the impact of each programme; and (c) whether there are any targets or key performance indicators used toContinue reading “PROGRAMMES THAT SUPPORT SKILLS TRANSFER BY FOREIGN SPECIALISTS WORKING IN SINGAPORE”
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