0:00 - THE BIG STORY
0:42 - 120 BUS CAPTAINS INFECTED; 7 CLUSTERS INVOLVING BUS INTERCHANGES
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Monday (Aug 30) that a total of 120 bus drivers have been infected with Covid-19 so far, making up about 1.3 per cent of the 9,500 bus captains here.
Of the 120 infected bus drivers, four were unvaccinated. The rest are fully inoculated, and most are asymptomatic or showing only mild symptoms. Read more: https://str.sg/3itM
3:41 - PAY HIKE FOR 94% OF FULL-TIME LOWER-WAGE WORKERS
Within the next two years, almost all local workers will make at least $1,400, and others holding traditionally low-paying jobs as drivers and administrative assistants will get even more, as the Government redoubles its effort to speed up wage growth for the lowest earners.
It will do this through a major expansion of the existing progressive wage model (PWM), which will be extended to include more sectors, and even to cover specific occupations across sectors.
The measures are among a slew of proposals from a Tripartite Workgroup tasked to improve the wages and well-being of lower-wage workers, which came under the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Together, the measures - to be rolled out in phases from Sep 1 next year and Mar 1, 2023 - will significantly raise incomes for 94 per cent of all lower-wage workers here, said the report. Senior minister of state for manpower Zaqy Mohamad, who is also the chairman of the workgroup, shares more. Read the story: https://str.sg/3itb
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