Foreign workers...
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Why not? It's a worthwhile discussion, especially with the recommendations from some NGOs to bring foreign workers under the Employment Act. It's amazing that it's taken this long to provide "recommendations" the the ministries to review the employment act for foreign workers. We'll see if any steps are taken to improve the benefits and living conditions for foreign workers here in Singapore.
Yappy
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Yes we have come to a stage that we look at everybody. They are a group of workers we depend upon to do the job we do not like yet we reject them.
So does everybody have suggession to replace them with? Robot?
absolutely correct! :devil: news always marvel at newer versions able to mimic human action, motor skills.
thats the day i'll be a foreign worker in my own country.
Rise Of The Machines! :devil:
No wellfare
No pay increase
No real health care subsidized
No transport subsidized
Basically we paid for everything .
Now ,why dont the gov takecare of the old or our retirement still have to do it ourself .Then why we pay the garment so high salaries yet We and the olds suffer ???
We really saw many local uncles aunties doing the cleaning work in many places ,is this their return since they have supported the gov in the 40 years ???
What will happen to us ? joining them soon .........
No pay increase
No real health care subsidized
No transport subsidized
Basically we paid for everything .
Now ,why dont the gov takecare of the old or our retirement still have to do it ourself .Then why we pay the garment so high salaries yet We and the olds suffer ???
We really saw many local uncles aunties doing the cleaning work in many places ,is this their return since they have supported the gov in the 40 years ???
What will happen to us ? joining them soon .........
Yappy
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The pay increase depends on your performance or do you want everybody to get the same pay?
Keep yourself as healthy as possible. Go for class 3 if hospitalised.
Cycle to work and you don't have to pay for anything. At the same time it keeps you healthy.
Nothing is free in this world. You either pay them directly or indirectly.
All subsidy comes from tax... do you propose an increase in tax so that you will be subsidied in anything and everything you buy.(service and kinds)
Yappy
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Look at our neighbours.. heavily subsidised but what happen?
Yappy
Senior Member
Problem surely have. it is how you solve it.
Men creates problem and men have to solve it.
You cannot have the best of the both world!
It would be idea to have:
No foreign workers and nobody construct the building for us.
Rubbish not collected as no foreign workers can stay in Singapore
No production in factory as no foreign workers allow in as they have no place to stay
Nobdoy to prune the tree and plants as there will be no foreign worker
Yappy
Senior Member
U are right.... but these job locals dont like to do... so?
Wrong these jobs now are Underpay for locals to tap in .
vonlichenstein
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wrong, its CONSIDERED to be under-paying by locals because they expect a higher standard of living. as i've mentioned somewhere before, if the pay for such jobs at the bottom of the work pyramid(no offense, i'm only refering to amount of workers per category, not skills per se), then the cost of everything else will have to go up in order to maintain margins. Which will lead to an even higher cost of living, more complaints, and then suddenly the "higher pay" is considered underpaying again.
salaries are part of business costs. not increasing salaries does not stem the tide of price increases, any increase in cost for businesses are most likely passed on to consumers.
in the face of an ever increasing cost of living, can a local afford to live decently (without the need for cash handout/rebates/discounts)? that i have not even factor in minimal savings for emergancy medical bills due to illness/accidents amounting to hospitalisation,.. den there's retirement?
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