MTUC: Stimulus package for SMEs should safeguard workers’ welfare
MTUC has urged the government to ensure that the proposed special stimulus package for SMEs safeguards the interests and welfare of employees. — Picture by Choo Choy May
MTUC secretary-general J. Solomon said the package, expected to be announced next week, should come with appropriate conditions and provisions to prevent employers from laying off workers or cutting their wages at a time when the country is reeling from the effects of Covid-19. “In this regard, the government should, through the Minister of Human Resources, formulate an Emergency Wage Regulation to prevent scenarios such as lay-offs, pay cuts and workers being forced to take annual leave within the next year,” he said in a statement today.
“It should be stressed that whatever cash assistance provided to SMEs should be used to maintain the services of their employees as well as secure their employment in the long term. In the end, this is the priority of the workers, the government and employers,” he said.
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