Yip Hon Weng on Retirement and Re-employment (Amendment) Bill and Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill
Singapore must do more to ensure that older workers are employed or re-employed in meaningful roles, said MP Yip Hon Weng in Parliament on Monday (Nov 1). To get better insights, he asked if the Manpower Ministry could provide data on the types of professions and roles that seniors are employed in. Mr Yip also said the mindset that a wage system is necessarily based on age ought to be phased out among both employers and employees.Â
Singapore must do more to ensure that older workers are employed or re-employed in meaningful roles, said MP Yip Hon Weng in Parliament on Monday (Nov 1). To get better insights, he asked if the Manpower Ministry could provide data on the types of professions and roles that seniors are employed in. Mr Yip also said the mindset that a wage system is necessarily based on age ought to be phased out among both employers and employees.Â