Availability of Data on Cleaning Companies Applying Progressive Wage Model to Foreign Cleaners

Debated in Parliament on 1 Mar 2019.

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Louis Ng asked for the percentage of cleaning companies applying the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) to foreign cleaners and whether data on this would be collected.
Masagos Zulkifli explained that PWM is mandatory for local cleaners but not for foreign cleaners, who have different employment terms and higher costs for employers.
He noted that about 23% of cleaning companies with foreign cleaners paid wages at or above PWM levels as of January 2019, but data collection focuses on local cleaners.
The Ministry encourages all employers to adopt PWM principles of skill upgrading and productivity-based wage progression for all workers, regardless of citizenship.
The debate highlights a gap in mandatory PWM coverage for foreign cleaners and limited data tracking, with a push for broader voluntary adoption.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (a) what current percentage of cleaning companies apply the progressive wage model to their foreign cleaners; and (b) whether the Ministry will start collecting such data if it does not currently do so.

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) was introduced to address the effects of cheap-sourcing that had depressed wages for local cleaners hired by cleaning businesses. While the PWM is mandatory for these cleaners, it is not applicable to foreign cleaners, who are typically hired on different terms, with employers bearing other related expenses, such as additional levies and accommodation arrangements.

The PWM is intended to sustain productivity-driven wage growth for resident low-wage workers, hence the collection of related data focuses on local cleaners. Nonetheless, as at 31 January 2019, about 23% of licensed cleaning businesses employing foreign cleaners were paying wages at or above the levels stipulated under the PWM to their foreign cleaners.

We encourage more employers to upgrade their workers' skills and implement productivity-based wage progression in accordance with the key tenets of the PWM, regardless their workers' citizenship.

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Louis Ng asked for the percentage of cleaning companies applying the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) to foreign cleaners and whether data on this would be collected.
Masagos Zulkifli explained that PWM is mandatory for local cleaners but not for foreign cleaners, who have different employment terms and higher costs for employers.
He noted that about 23% of cleaning companies with foreign cleaners paid wages at or above PWM levels as of January 2019, but data collection focuses on local cleaners.
The Ministry encourages all employers to adopt PWM principles of skill upgrading and productivity-based wage progression for all workers, regardless of citizenship.
The debate highlights a gap in mandatory PWM coverage for foreign cleaners and limited data tracking, with a push for broader voluntary adoption.

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Availability of Data on Cleaning Companies Applying Progressive Wage Model to Foreign Cleaners

Debated in Parliament on 1 Mar 2019.

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Louis Ng asked for the percentage of cleaning companies applying the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) to foreign cleaners and whether data on this would be collected.
Masagos Zulkifli explained that PWM is mandatory for local cleaners but not for foreign cleaners, who have different employment terms and higher costs for employers.
He noted that about 23% of cleaning companies with foreign cleaners paid wages at or above PWM levels as of January 2019, but data collection focuses on local cleaners.
The Ministry encourages all employers to adopt PWM principles of skill upgrading and productivity-based wage progression for all workers, regardless of citizenship.
The debate highlights a gap in mandatory PWM coverage for foreign cleaners and limited data tracking, with a push for broader voluntary adoption.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

We encourage more employers to upgrade their workers' skills and implement productivity-based wage progression in accordance with the key tenets of the PWM, regardless their workers' citizenship.

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Louis Ng asked for the percentage of cleaning companies applying the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) to foreign cleaners and whether data on this would be collected.
Masagos Zulkifli explained that PWM is mandatory for local cleaners but not for foreign cleaners, who have different employment terms and higher costs for employers.
He noted that about 23% of cleaning companies with foreign cleaners paid wages at or above PWM levels as of January 2019, but data collection focuses on local cleaners.
The Ministry encourages all employers to adopt PWM principles of skill upgrading and productivity-based wage progression for all workers, regardless of citizenship.
The debate highlights a gap in mandatory PWM coverage for foreign cleaners and limited data tracking, with a push for broader voluntary adoption.

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Availability of Data on Cleaning Companies Applying Progressive Wage Model to Foreign Cleaners

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