Clause 9

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

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

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

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

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

conditions requiring the waste disposal licensee to keep such records, accounts or documents relating to the business or activities that the waste disposal licensee is authorised to carry out under the waste disposal 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 disposal licensee for failing to comply with any condition mentioned in subsection (2)(b) unless the Director‑General has first consulted the Commissioner for Labour.”.