11 Aug 2008
Leong Sze Hian
In this special series of Uniquely Singapore, Leong Sze Hian takes a look at the 5 stars of our flag and how it relates to certain issues. This first article focuses on "Progress".
I refer to the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) report, "Focus on older people in and out of employment", released at the end of July.
67 per cent of older workers (age 50 and over) worked as production, cleaners, labourers and related workers.
According to the MOM's Report on Wages in Singapore 2007, the lowest paid category of workers, was the group comprising cleaners, labourers and related workers, with a median gross pay of $ 968.
The annualised wage change for this group was zero, from 1997 to 2007.
In the case of cleaners, labourers and related workers, the wages were largely flat in the earlier age groups, before declining for those in their 40s onwards to a low of 0.63 for the 60 - 64 age group.
Since the median gross pay for this group was only $ 968, does it mean that older workers are paid even less ?
The gender wage difference was 30.8 per cent for the age 35 - 39 group.
Does this gender wage gap occur for the older age group too ?
So, how much less are elderly women workers paid ?
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