SINGAPORE — The Workers' Party (WP) and Progress Singapore Party (PSP) said they welcomed moves to provide monetary support to workers who have lost their jobs, and to help parents under the new shared parental leave initiative.
In a Facebook post on Aug 19, WP said it was encouraged to see the policy changes announced by PM Lawrence Wong.SINGAPORE — The Workers' Party and Progress Singapore Party said they welcomed moves to provide monetary support to workers who have lost their jobs, and to help parents under the new shared parental leave initiative.
It agreed with him that losing a job can seriously destabilise workers and their families, and reiterated the party's previous proposals for a redundancy insurance scheme for retrenched workers to receive up to $1,200 a month for up to six months. The move is meant to reassure young couples and help them maintain a good balance between work and parenting responsibilities, while providing time for employers to adjust.In its Aug 19 post, WP said it had raised the issue in 2022 during the parliamentary debate on the White Paper on Singapore Women's Development, and had also proposed a shared parental leave scheme in its 2020 manifesto.
But it had called in its 2020 manifesto for the eligibility age for singles to apply for a BTO flat to be lowered from 35 to 28 years. Others who have called for unemployment support over the years include labour MP and National Trades Union Congress assistant secretary-general Patrick Tay, who had sought since 2014 for there to be government-funded aid for retrenched workers.
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