Published: 25 February 2021
Separately, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo shared updates on Singapore s employment trends, as well as expected severity of retrenchment in the coming months.
On Wednesday (24 February), Singapore Labour Members of Parliament (Labour MPs) came together to debate the recent Singapore Budget 2021, stressing focus on topics such as the Progressive Wage Model, support for employees in working from home, respecting diversity at the workplace, and more.
These are summarised below.
Speech focus: Uplifting lower wage workers, and supporting workers training and business transformation
In his speech, Dr Koh shared more about NTUC s aspirations and ideas to expand progressive wages and practices to uplift lower wage workers (LWW), ensuring that wages and careers do not stagnate over time.
Container refrigeration company donates food storage container to charity in need
To help meet increased demand for local food distribution in Singapore due to COVID-19, Carrier Transicold donated a 20-foot food storage container refrigerated by the company’s NaturaLINE® unit to Willing Hearts, a charity that prepares and distributes meals to those in need. The unit, a natural refrigerant-based container refrigeration system, is built at Carrier Transicold’s manufacturing facility in Singapore.
“During these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, such a gesture is especially appreciated because it significantly increases our refrigerated storage capacity, enabling us to accept more fresh food donations to help more people in need,” said Teh Eng Hua, president of Willing Hearts. “The unit’s quiet operation, efficiency, reliability and ability to store perishables in deep frozen mode are also beneficial.”