Full-time Workers Without Any Wage Increase for Past 10 Years

Debated in Parliament on 6 Nov 2023.

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MP Gan Thiam Poh inquired about the number of full-time workers in different monthly wage brackets who had no wage increase over the past decade.
Minister Tan See Leng explained that wage statistics come from a snapshot survey, which cannot track individuals over time.
Therefore, the specific data on workers with no wage increase over 10 years is not available.
The government relies on the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey for wage information, but it has limitations for longitudinal analysis.
This highlights a gap in tracking long-term wage progression for full-time workers in Singapore.

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Gan Thiam Poh

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for Manpower how many full-time workers earning per month (i) less than $1,999, (ii) between $2,000 and $2,999, (iii) between $3,000 and $3,999 and (iv) $4,000 and above, did not have any wage increase for the past 10 years.

Tan See Leng

Wage statistics are obtained from the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey (CLFS). As CLFS is a snapshot survey and does not track the same individual over time, information on the number of workers who did not have wage increases in the past 10 years is not available.

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MP Gan Thiam Poh inquired about the number of full-time workers in different monthly wage brackets who had no wage increase over the past decade.
Minister Tan See Leng explained that wage statistics come from a snapshot survey, which cannot track individuals over time.
Therefore, the specific data on workers with no wage increase over 10 years is not available.
The government relies on the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey for wage information, but it has limitations for longitudinal analysis.
This highlights a gap in tracking long-term wage progression for full-time workers in Singapore.

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Full-time Workers Without Any Wage Increase for Past 10 Years

Debated in Parliament on 6 Nov 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

MP Gan Thiam Poh inquired about the number of full-time workers in different monthly wage brackets who had no wage increase over the past decade.
Minister Tan See Leng explained that wage statistics come from a snapshot survey, which cannot track individuals over time.
Therefore, the specific data on workers with no wage increase over 10 years is not available.
The government relies on the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey for wage information, but it has limitations for longitudinal analysis.
This highlights a gap in tracking long-term wage progression for full-time workers in Singapore.

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Gan Thiam Poh

Tan See Leng

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MP Gan Thiam Poh inquired about the number of full-time workers in different monthly wage brackets who had no wage increase over the past decade.
Minister Tan See Leng explained that wage statistics come from a snapshot survey, which cannot track individuals over time.
Therefore, the specific data on workers with no wage increase over 10 years is not available.
The government relies on the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey for wage information, but it has limitations for longitudinal analysis.
This highlights a gap in tracking long-term wage progression for full-time workers in Singapore.

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