Singapore’s unique system to improve wage growth is superior to the Minimum Wage system
The local qualifying salary (LQS) is not a minimum wage scheme. The minimum wage applies across the board and carries many risks, including limiting wage growth. The LQS has been around since 2007 and it doesn’t apply to all workers but only to companies that employ foreign workers to prevent them from cheating the system […]
Finding an alternate path in the security sector
“Quiet, composed and a little shy”, is how I would describe Security Supervisor (SS), Mr Mohamad Isa, 50. He had spent the last 20 years in the hospitality sector, doing F&B. In 2017, he switched paths to security because of his age and the physical exertion that it took, as F&B required him to be […]