SINGAPORE: It is not fair for employers to deprive workers of an attendance allowance when they go on sick leave due to COVID-19 or while waiting for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results amid the current pandemic, said President Halimah Yacob. “Fo
SINGAPORE: It is not fair for employers to deprive workers of an attendance allowance when they go on sick leave due to COVID-19 or while waiting for polymerase chain reaction test results amid the current pandemic, said President Halimah Yacob.
He then went on to work the following day, going on job calls at five locations in seven hours. During this time, he also had lunch with colleagues in his van.Jail for pest control technician who refused swab test, MC as he wanted S$100 work incentive “In order to earn the extra attendance allowance, workers may refuse to take sick leave even when they are unwell, particularly for low wage workers,” she said.
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