Bringing Forward Roll-out of Progressive Wage Model for Landscape Workers

Mr K Karthikeyan asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry can bring forward the implementation of the Progressive Wage Model for landscape workers to this year.

The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) for landscape workers was announced by the Tripartite Cluster for the Landscape Industry (TCL) in April this year and will be incorporated as a requirement in the Landscape Company Register (LCR) administered by the National Parks Board. From June 2016, LCR-registered companies will be required to pay their resident landscape maintenance workers according to PWM.

While the deadline for implementation of PWM is one year away, progressive companies can move ahead to start adopting PWM. Funding schemes are available to help incentivise early adoption of PWM and defray the initial costs of doing so. For example, the Progressive Wage Incentive administered by the Employment and Employability Institute provides grants of up to $150,000 for service buyers that best source from early adopters of PWM.