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The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Ministerial
Committee on Low Wage Workers, and will take the following
measures to help low-wage workers, while encouraging them
to work, upgrade, and move ahead through their own efforts.
Expand Job Opportunities
- Re-create 10,000 jobs a year under enhanced Job Re-creation
Programme. ($40m over 3 years)
- Help companies hire and re-employ more older workers
through ADVANTAGE! scheme. ($30m over 2 years)
Higher Skills for Better Jobs
- Provide workers with clear training and progression pathways
through Workforce Skills Qualifications System. ($100m over
3 years)
- Help 45,000 low-wage workers improve problem-solving
and communication skills as well as English, numeracy and
IT literacy. ($30 million over 3 years)
- Provide training opportunities for low-wage workers in
SMEs and contract or sub-contract employment arrangements.
(Additional $4 million each year)
- $100 million top-up to Lifelong Learning Fund to ensure
that workers have adequate resources for retraining.
Social Support to Enable Work
- Help needy families with childcare and student care assistance
so that they can go out to work, under new Work Support
Programme.
- $100 million top-up to ComCare Fund to help needy households.
Creating Hope for the Future
- Raise income thresholds and enhance benefits for Financial
Assistance Scheme to make education affordable for low-income
families.
- Increase subsidies for kindergarten and childcare for
the first and second child from low-income families.
- Raise income threshold for Edusave Merit Bursary from
$3,000 to $4,000.
- Enhance vocational training programmes for youths to
gain employable skills.
- Expand Home Ownership Plus Education (HOPE) scheme to
encourage young, low-income families to focus resources
on their children.
Rewarding Work
- Give Workfare Bonus ($400 to $1200) to older, lower-income
workers.
- Give additional CPF Housing Grant ($5,000 to $20,000)
to help low-income households purchase their first homes.
Sharing in the Nation’s Progress
- Give more help to lower-income Singaporeans under the
Progress Package.
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