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Progressive Wage Model for the Cleaning Industry

Introduced to help cleaners achieve sustainable real wage increases

Improve productivity through skills training and use of technology

PWM provide cleaners with clarity on how they can achieve career progression

Mandated under Cleaning Licensing Regime

Progressive Wage Model (PWM) for the Cleaning Industry

June 2012

• Labour Movement mooted the idea of Progressive Wage Model

(PWM)

August 2012

• Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners (TCC) was formed to look into

PWM for the cleaning industry

October 2012

• PWM for the cleaning industry was launched

November 2012

• PWM was incorporated as a requirement in NEA’s Enhanced

Clean Mark Accreditation Scheme

Key Milestones

2012

Key Milestones

2013

April 2013

• All government cleaning contracts called on or after 1

April 2013 to be awarded only to accredited cleaning

companies

Key Milestones

2014

1 April 2014

• Amended Environmental Public Health (EPH) Act & new

EPH (General Cleaning Industry) Regulations 2014 came

into force

1 September 2014

• All cleaning businesses offering general cleaning services

must have a license to operate.

• All cleaners under cleaning contracts signed on and after

1 April 2014 must be paid according to the PWM

Key Milestones

2015

1 September 2015

• All cleaners under cleaning contracts signed before 1

April 2014 must be paid according to the PWM

Licensing of Cleaning Businesses

As of 31 July 2015,

• 1,219 cleaning businesses have

received their licenses.

• Employ a total workforce of 52,500 cleaners

– 38,500 resident cleaners

73%

27%

52,500 cleaners employed in licensed companies

Resident Non-Resident

4 Key Components of PWM

1) Salary Progression

2) Skill Upgrading

3) Career Advancement

4) Productivity Improvement

*basic wages

General / Indoor

Cleaners

≥ $1,000

Outdoor Cleaners /

Healthcare Cleaners

≥ $1,200

Multi-Skilled Cleaners

cum Machine Operator

≥ $1,400

Supervisor

≥$1,600

Table-top Cleaners

≥ $1,100

Multi-skilled Cleaners

cum Machine Operator

≥ $1,400

Dishwasher / Refuse

Collector

≥ $1,200

Supervisor

≥ $1,600

General Cleaners

≥ $1,200

Multi-skilled Cleaners

cum Machine Operator

/ Refuse Collector

≥ $1,400

Group 1:

Office & Commercial

Cleaners e.g. Office, Schools, Hospitals and

Polyclinics Cleaners

Group 2:

F&B Establishment e.g. Hawker Centre,

Foodcourts

Truck Drivers (Class

4/5)

≥ $1,700

Supervisor /

Mechanical Drivers

≥ $1,600

General Cleaners

≥ $1,000

Group 3:

Conservancy e.g. TCs, Public Cleansing

Supervisors

General/ Indoor

Cleaners

e.g. Offices, Schools,

Hospitals and

Polyclinics

Outdoor

Cleaners/

Dish Washers

Multi-skilled

Cleaners cum

Machine

Operators

≥ $1,600

≥ $1,400

≥ $1,200

≥ $1,000

*Team Leader will receive additional wage allowance (starting from $100).

• Attained at least 2 WSQ Higher Certificate in EC modules or equivalent

Recommended Training for Cleaners

Attained at least 2

WSQ Certificate in

EC* modules or

equivalent

Attained at

least 2 WSQ

Advanced

Certificate in

EC modules or

equivalent

*EC: Environmental Cleaning

Under Licensing, cleaners are required to obtain at least 1 module under EC WSQ

Framework.

Advantages of PWM

• For Workers – Provide clarity on how to achieve wage progression;

– Motivates them to upgrade themselves, work more effectively and progress to higher value-added jobs

– Create a sense of pride and professionalism

• For Employers – Assurance of a higher skilled and more productive

workforce

– PWM puts in place a career progression that helps to attract and retain workers

• For Service Buyers – Enjoy higher quality and standards of cleaning services

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