SINGAPORE — Plumber Tan Zhong He knows he is good at his job. He also knows that his services are valuable — why else would people call him to fix their leaks and unclog their toilets?
Almost eight in 10 youths believe there is a significant wage gap between blue collar and white collar workers, the TODAY Youth Survey 2023 recently foundExperts caution that an artificial levelling of wages would compromise meritocracy rather than create a fairer environment, if wages do not reflect value add
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