Clause 14

For the purpose of regulating and upgrading the standards and productivity in the waste collection industry in Singapore, regulations may be made under section 111 to impose conditions on waste collector licensees for the training of waste collection workers and the payment of progressive wages to waste collection workers that ensure a more engaged waste collection workforce and the retention of a core of waste collection workers who are citizens or permanent residents of Singapore (called in this section resident waste collection workers).(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the prescribed conditions referred to in that subsection may include —

conditions requiring the waste collector licensee to enter into a contract of service in writing with each waste collection worker employed by the waste collector licensee;

conditions requiring every contract of service entered into between the waste collector licensee and every resident waste collection worker to provide for the payment of a baseline wage, a progressive wage model bonus or an overtime payment to the resident waste collection worker, that —

is not less than the amount; and

in the case of a progressive wage model bonus, is to be paid at the frequency,specified by order under section 31DA(1) for the class of waste collection workers that the resident waste collection worker belongs to;

conditions requiring the waste collector licensee to ensure that every waste collection worker employed by the waste collector licensee satisfies the training requirements as may be specified by the Director‑General for the class of waste collection workers that the waste collection worker belongs to;

conditions prohibiting the waste collector licensee from deploying any individual who is not employed by the waste collector licensee to carry out any waste collection work, unless the individual is a waste collection worker employed by another waste collector licensee; and

conditions requiring the waste collector licensee to keep such records, accounts or documents relating to the business or activities that the waste collector licensee is authorised to carry out under the waste collector licence, as may be prescribed, and retain those records, accounts or documents for a prescribed period.(3) The Director‑General must not exercise his or her powers under section 99(15)(c) or (d) in relation to a waste collector licensee for failing to comply with any condition mentioned in subsection (2)(b) unless the Director‑General has first consulted the Commissioner for Labour.”.