Manpower guidelines require companies across every industry to adjust outdoor activities using hourly PM2.5 levels, with compliance monitored through active site inspections. Meanwhile, platform companies are explicitly forbidden from penalizing couriers through pay cuts or reduced job allocations if haze slows their deliveries. To ease additional pressure on outdoor service providers, the government also advised service buyers to allow reasonable bid price adjustments under unforeseen circumstances.
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Employers bear full financial responsibility for short-term work halts caused by poor air…: Employers bear full financial responsibility for short-term work halts caused by poor air quality conditions.
Worksite inspections will be conducted across all sectors to enforce compliance with hour…: Worksite inspections will be conducted across all sectors to enforce compliance with hourly PM2.5 guidelines.
Delivery workers experiencing reduced income due to lower delivery volumes can seek assis…: Delivery workers experiencing reduced income due to lower delivery volumes can seek assistance from Social Service Offices.
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SINGAPORE – Employers should bear the cost of any short-term or ad hoc work suspensions due to the haze, and must not make deductions from workers’ salaries or leave entitlements, said Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash on Nov 3.
Only if business operations are suspended for prolonged periods should employers discuss appropriate arrangements with the union and their employees, he added.
Dinesh was responding in Parliament to questions filed by MPs regarding the impact of the haze on vulnerable workers – including those who work outdoors – and the protections available to them.
Platform delivery workers were among those highlighted.
Charlene Chen (Tampines GRC) asked if the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) would assess the impact of the haze on the earnings and health of such workers, who may have had to minimise their time on the roads in line with health advisories.
She also asked if the ministry would consider protecting their incomes or providing other forms of support.
In response, Minister of State for Manpower Foo Cexiang said MOM has advised…
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