Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Waste Management
31DA. Amounts specified by Commissioner for Labour for waste management industry
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For the purposes of the prescribed conditions referred to in sections 23A(2)(b) and 31AA(2)(b), the Commissioner for Labour must, by order, specify the following that must be paid to every waste management worker who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore:
Commissioner for Labour
“Commissioner for Labour” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;
the minimum amount of baseline wage and the date that minimum amount takes effect;
the minimum amount of overtime payment, or the manner of calculating that minimum amount, and the date that minimum amount or manner of calculation (as the case may be) takes effect;
the minimum amount of progressive wage model bonus and the frequency at which the progressive wage model bonus is to be paid, and the date that minimum amount and frequency take effect.
An order under subsection (1) may specify —
different minimum amounts mentioned in subsection (1)(a);
different minimum amounts or different manner of calculating the minimum amount mentioned in subsection (1)(b); and
different minimum amounts and different frequency of payments mentioned in subsection (1)(c),for different classes of waste management workers, and may be varied from time to time.
In making an order under subsection (1), the Commissioner for Labour must consider the recommendations by the Tripartite Cluster for Waste Management on remuneration for waste management workers, if any.
waste
“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;
The Commissioner for Labour must publish every order he or she makes under subsection (1) in any way he or she thinks appropriate to bring the order to the notice of persons who, in his or her opinion, ought to have notice of the order, except that failure to comply with this subsection in respect of any order does not invalidate the order.
The amount specified under subsection (1)(a) takes effect for the purposes of the prescribed conditions referred to in sections 23A(2)(b) and 31AA(2)(b) even though the baseline wage that would have been payable to a waste management worker under any collective agreement, as defined in section 2 of the Industrial Relations Act 1960, is lower than that amount.
The amount specified under subsection (1)(b) takes effect for the purposes of the prescribed conditions referred to in sections 23A(2)(b) and 31AA(2)(b) even though the overtime payment as provided for under the Employment Act 1968 that would have been payable to a waste management worker is lower than that amount.
The Director-General may, by written notice to waste disposal licensees or waste collector licensees (as the case may be), postpone the effective date specified by an order under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
in relation to waste management workers employed (whether or not exclusively) to carry out waste collection work or waste disposal work before that effective date; and
where the Commissioner for Labour varies the order — in relation to waste management workers employed (whether or not exclusively) to carry out waste collection work or waste disposal work before the variation otherwise takes effect.
In this section, “Tripartite Cluster for Waste Management” means the body, comprising the representatives from employers, the trade unions of employees, and the Government, which is responsible for making recommendations on progressive wages for waste management workers.