Will minimum wage laws work here?

[Mecisteus]

Actually why are there many EDMW so concerned about minimum wage?

Most of you are already earning more than the cleaners.

 

[pohw0008]

Sorry my mum 70 years old.. don't know English.. not good with smart phone.. only can answer call see photos eg.. if press wrongly don't know how to fixed.. phone bill can up to $100 cause data was accidentally used outside.. teach many times.. cannot learn effectively..

Fantastic idea !

But does the elderly cleaner know english well enough to attend course ... or the lecturer can converse well in Hokkien & Teochew ?

 

[NTB2DO]

your own citing from 4th paragraph:

"While Switzerland has no official minimum wage,a majority of the voluntary collective bargaining agreements contain clauses on minimum compensation"

it's kinda like PWM lah, government mandated but not legislated into the law for all industries.

eg; gov can reject cleaning business license if you pay cleaners too low.


https://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/progressive-wage-model/cleaning-sector



https://transferwise.com/gb/blog/minimum-wage-guide-switzerland

Which means PWM is really not much different from minimum wages, except that it's not comprehensive enough to cover ALL low wage workers, leading to 100k (4.3%) local workers earning lower-than-min wages.

And WP's proposal is addressing the inadequacy.

Which is why I cannot fathom why setting a minimum wage to ensure the remaining 4.3% were also taken care of would be such a big deal, like supposedly resulting in significant prices increases such that consumers have to pay more, etc.

 

[SGMale]

entire saf include navy airforce lah. each cohort of sinkies 40k, half of them male, 2yrs also 40k.

so can breakdown how u get 200k NSF? considered unemployed?

Wiki said 72k active leh. Before NS got 7 month jobless to wait for enlist. After NS, they go jobless again for 4 years uni. At least 200k jobless between 17 to 26 years old.

 

[Misuta]

Which is why I cannot fathom why setting a minimum wage to ensure the remaining 4.3% were also taken care of would be such a big deal, like supposedly resulting in significant prices increases such that consumers have to pay more, etc.

it hurts the least productive workers (say bottom 1%) while benefiting the more productive workers producing just above the min wage. our bottom 20% is already seeing a 40% real income growth.

 

[focus1974]

Actually why are there many EDMW so concerned about minimum wage?

Most of you are already earning more than the cleaners.

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The greatness of a man is not whether he has more, but whether he has giveb more to those who have lesser

 

[Misuta]

Wiki said 72k active leh. Before NS got 7 month jobless to wait for enlist. After NS, they go jobless again for 4 years uni. At least 200k jobless between 17 to 26 years old.

you sibei talk cock. might as well your australia have an unemployment rate of 20% if u count in those studying in uni?

 

[NTB2DO]

it hurts the least productive workers.

Firstly, does the 4.3% consist of most -if not all- of the least productive workers?

Secondly, does least productive workers not also presence in the industries covered by PWM?

 

[Mecisteus]

The greatness of a man is not whether he has more, but whether he has giveb more to those who have lesser

Just donate more to charities.

 

[ponpokku]

Pruss 1 again,

What if minimum wage is implemented to all? Cost of living will go higher right? to implement or not both must have overall policy to balance it out ar but then i not expert so i just say say only.

so what if it ish implement to all? u think the other 90% earning more than $1300 will resign their current jobs and go back cheong the $1300 jobs?

lol.

 

[Xmaspresents]

Is it uniquely sinkapore for cleaners to attend courses?

 

[Tony.Manero]

The jobs jobs jobs thing i sense is quite delusional hence lose another grc. Mostly locals dont want to take up the jobs provided there.

It more like sell bbt, cisco guard, ambassadors, swabbers, temperature takers, macdonald job.

They want you to be grateful when they find you a Swabber job to replace the director position you just lost hor

 

[SGMale]

you sibei talk cock. might as well your australia have an unemployment rate of 20% if u count in those studying in uni?

Australian finished uni at 20yo. Lol.

 

[spinning_quirK]

Just donate more to charities.

Why not both?

Some are grateful to charities, some want to be able to stand on their own 2 feet and don't want to use charities as crutch. No right no wrong, but the idea is to cover most bases. Is this a bad thing to you?

 

[eboy]

UBI is better than min wage

 

[Mecisteus]

UBI is better than min wage

Every policy has its own pros and cons.

https://www.thebalance.com/universal-basic-income-4160668

 

[blacklotus]

The Wages of Sin sure beats Minimum Wage.

 

[0o0cash0o0]

also go upskilling lor....

Then you be cleaner?

 

[theMKR]

UBI is better than min wage

workfare is basically UBI if you work.

only lazy AF ppl want UBI

 

[samloi]

When the ppl have nothing to lose, everyone loses.