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Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Waste Management

23A. Prescribed conditions relating to progressive wage model for waste disposal industry

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

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 —

(a)

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;

(b)

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 —

(i)

is not less than the amount; and

(ii)

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;

(c)

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;

(d)

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

(e)

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.

Terms defined in this Act

Commissioner for Labour
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“Commissioner for Labour” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;
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Director-General
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“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
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progressive wage model bonus
Defined · s 2
“progressive wage model bonus” means a discretionary amount of money payable to a cleaner that is in addition to all of the following paid to the cleaner:(a)any basic wage;(b)any overtime payment;(c)any sum to reimburse the cleaner for special expenses incurred during the cleaner’s employment;(d)any allowance however described;
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provide
Defined · s 78
“provide”, in relation to water suitable for drinking, means to convey, distribute, produce, supply, offer to provide or otherwise make available, in the course of business and whether or not carried on for profit, the water —(a)to the public, or a section of the public, at a public place, any common area of any residential premises, or any other place, premises or area; and(b)by using any reticulation system, storage tank, container, hose, water fitting, generator, tanker, truck or any other system, facility, equipment or vehicle,but does not include —(c)any sale of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Sale of Food Act 1973;(d)any supply to a vessel of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;(e)any provision to a Singapore ship of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;(f)any provision of water suitable for drinking solely to the Public Utilities Board; and(g)any other provision of water prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for food safety by order in the Gazette, as not being the provision of water suitable for drinking;
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waste
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“waste” includes —(a)any substance which constitutes a scrap material or an effluent or other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application of any process; and(b)any substance or article which requires to be disposed of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled,and anything which is discarded or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste is presumed to be waste unless the contrary is proved;
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waste disposal licensee
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“waste disposal licensee” means any person who is licensed under section 23 to construct, establish, maintain or operate any disposal facility;
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