Clause 2

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “auxiliary officer”, the following definition:“ “baseline wage”, in relation to a waste management worker —

means the total amount of money (including wage adjustments and increments) to which the waste management worker is entitled under his or her contract of service —

for working for a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for any other period that may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service; or

for each completed piece or task of work;

includes any payment that is prescribed as being part of the baseline wage; and

excludes all of the following:

additional payments by way of overtime payments;

additional payments by way of bonus payments or annual wage supplements;

any sum paid to the waste management worker to reimburse him or her for special expenses incurred by him or her in the course of his or her employment;

any payment that may be prescribed as not being part of the baseline wage;”;

by deleting the words “one month” in the definition of “basic rate of pay” and substituting the words “a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for any other period that may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service, or for each completed piece or task of work”;

by deleting the definition of “basic wage” and substituting the following definition:“ “basic wage”, in relation to a cleaner, means wage calculated at the cleaner’s basic rate of pay —

for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for any other period that may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service; or

for each completed piece or task of work;”;

by deleting the definition of “cleaning business” and substituting the following definition:“ “cleaning business” means a business, whether or not the business is carried on for profit —

in which a person carries out cleaning work for other persons through the services of cleaners engaged or employed by that person; or

of supplying cleaners to other persons;”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “by cleaners” in the definition of “cleaning contract”, the words “, or for the supply to other persons of cleaners,”;

by deleting the definition of “progressive wage model bonus” and substituting the following definitions:“ “progressive wage model bonus”, for a cleaner or waste management worker —

means a discretionary amount of money payable to a cleaner or waste management worker (as the case may be) that is in addition to all of the following paid to the cleaner or waste management worker:

any basic wage (for a cleaner) or baseline wage (for a waste management worker);

any overtime payment;

any sum to reimburse the cleaner or waste management worker for special expenses incurred during his or her employment;

any allowance however described;

includes any component that is prescribed as being part of the progressive wage model bonus for a cleaner or waste management worker, as the case may be; and

excludes any component that is prescribed as not being part of the progressive wage model bonus for a cleaner or waste management worker, as the case may be;“progressive wage plan” means —

in relation to an applicant for a cleaning business licence — a plan that relates to the basic wage and progressive wage model bonus that the applicant pays or intends to pay to the cleaners who are the applicant’s employees; or

in relation to an applicant for a waste collector licence or waste disposal licence — a plan that relates to the baseline wage, overtime payment and progressive wage model bonus that the applicant pays or intends to pay to the waste management workers who are the applicant’s employees;”;

by deleting the definition of “specified amount”; and

by deleting the definitions of “waste collector licensee” and “waste disposal licensee” and substituting the following definitions:“ “waste collection work” —

means work carried out in Singapore that has, as its main or only component, the collection, removal, transport, storage or import of refuse or waste;

includes supervising the carrying out of that work; and

excludes any work that the Minister declares, by notification in the Gazette, not to be waste collection work;“waste collection worker” means an individual who is engaged, whether as a full‑time employee, part‑time employee or casual employee and whether or not at piece rates —

to perform waste collection work; or

to supervise other individuals performing waste collection work, whether or not the individual is known as a supervisor or leader or by any other title,and includes any individual who is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a waste collection worker;“waste collector licence” means a licence granted under section 31(2);“waste disposal licence” means a licence granted under section 23(2);“waste disposal work” —

means work carried out in Singapore that has, as its main or only component, the construction, establishment, maintenance or operation of a disposal facility;

includes supervising the carrying out of that work; and

excludes any work that the Minister declares, by notification in the Gazette, not to be waste disposal work;“waste disposal worker” means an individual who is engaged, whether as a full‑time employee, part‑time employee or casual employee and whether or not at piece rates —

to perform waste disposal work; or

to supervise other individuals performing waste disposal work, whether or not the individual is known as a supervisor or leader or by any other title,and includes any individual who is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a waste disposal worker;“waste management worker” means a waste collection worker or waste disposal worker;”.