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'Not fair' for employers to deprive workers of allowance when they take sick leave due to COVID-19: President Halimah​

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment collects a nasal swab sample for COVID-19 in Singapore on Apr 27, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)

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18 Jan 2022 10:18PM (Updated: 18 Jan 2022 11:09PM)

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.

“For companies that pay such an attendance allowance, what they wish to deter is abuse of sick leave and not penalise those who are genuinely sick by depriving them of the payment,” she said in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Jan 18).

Her comments came after a pest control technician was sentenced on Tuesday to five weeks’ jail for potentially exposing the public to the COVID-19 virus.

A Rahim M Taha, 60, had gone to the doctor for severe coughing in October 2020.

However, he refused the swab test and medical leave he was told to take, telling the doctor that he would have to forfeit a S$100 work incentive from his company if he did so. The incentive was to be paid on top of the S$1,500 basic salary he made as a team supervisor at a pest control company, the court heard.

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.

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Jail for pest control technician who refused swab test, MC as he wanted S$100 work incentive​

In her post, Madam Halimah said while the man’s action is “without a doubt irresponsible” due to the risk of infection to others if he was COVID-19 positive, the case also highlighted "another common employment practice that can be detrimental to workers”.

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“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.

She also noted that “S$100 for someone who earns S$1500 a month with a family to feed is a lot of money that can be used to purchase necessities”.

“Incentivising workers to work even when sick can be dangerous too for those operating machines as it exposes them and others to injury,” she said.

“The real solution is to make sure that low wage workers are paid better so that they don’t have to depend on such incentives to survive.”

 

[bobby]

This should be a union matter....but wait, workers' unions in SG are fucked up PAP doggies.

 

[sweetiepie]

What fuck logic is this? No work want employer to pay celery?

 

[sweetiepie]

What fuck logic is this? No work want employer to pay celery?

She also noted that “S$100 for someone who earns S$1500 a month with a family to feed is a lot of money that can be used to purchase necessities”.

Never use the fucking brain as president. If 1.5k is pathetic pay then enforce a min celery instead of no work get celery fucking idiot onlee know how to wear a sillee mask extension

 

[nirvarq]

Why she happy when first 1.5 yrs our Covid deaths were only 30 (15 imported) ie is only 99.99996% danger but her Gorment subject the people to take their share holder's vaccine that is only at 95% efficacies. What logic and legality is there ?!

And.. at that timeline Delta was not even heard of even !

*Just as 40% equal 10 seats and 60% get 83 seats ? Hence blank cheque ... What kind of system is this ? Happy ?

 

[laksaboy]

Life is never fair, that's why Halimah was an 'affirmative action' hire for the Istana.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Here’s a nice little clip of how life is ‘not fair’

“Life sucks! Then you die!”

 

[gingerlyn]

So many chinese old people working in hawker centers and I dont see Halimah making noise?

 

[gingerlyn]

Halimah should donate all her salary to poor malay to make them more equitable.

 

[sweetiepie]

So many chinese old people working in hawker centers and I dont see Halimah making noise?

Halimah want to suck Rahim cock

 

[syed putra]

What fuck logic is this? No work want employer to pay celery?

Because worker must comply with gomen directive. So by right, gomen must oay compensation to workers if they are forced to quarantine. Instead, that money goes to employers.in the firm of hardship allowance.
The judge must tell gomen to create such a compensation if justice is to be served instead of penalising the worker.

 

[syed putra]

Halimah should donate all her salary to poor malay to make them more equitable.

Malays need more rich people like halimah. Its a incenytve for them to work harder. Currently they only see themselves as deliveroos,

 

[sweetiepie]

Because worker must comply with gomen directive. So by right, gomen must oay compensation to workers if they are forced to quarantine. Instead, that money goes to employers.in the firm of hardship allowance.
The judge must tell gomen to create such a compensation if justice is to be served instead of penalising the worker.

My uncle should say no work still get allowance ? As celery is still being paid when they never worked.
My uncle's colleague also said the same is govt enforced them to shn so they should still get the allowance. But in payroll already stated clearlee got turn up for work then get allowance.
In this case my uncle think they should not get the allowance becas they already get the celery unless when they shn they also do leemote work for the company.

 

[syed putra]

My uncle should say no work still get allowance ? As celery is still being paid when they never worked.
My uncle's colleague also said the same is govt enforced them to shn so they should still get the allowance. But in payroll already stated clearlee got turn up for work then get allowance.
In this case my uncle think they should not get the allowance becas they already get the celery unless when they shn they also do leemote work for the company.

But for the lower paid, allowance is very important, a life and death situation.

 

[sweetiepie]

But for the lower paid, allowance is very important, a life and death situation.

Agree but yart tan wan yart tan. Need to increase celery side and not getting allowance for no leeson.

 

[sweetiepie]

But for the lower paid, allowance is very important, a life and death situation.

Why My uncle said that is becas not onlee low wage workers are getting allowance. My uncle's colleague basic celery is above 3k and also used this leeson to claim allowance so my uncle told him this is illogical

 

[gingerlyn]

pest company never punish workers if they got MC.
pest company only give allowance 100 dollars if they got no MC. anything wrong to give 100 dollars to people who never take MC?
Did halimah consult with MOM before making this statement?

 

[gingerlyn]

seems like Halimah only aware of this issue when she is a president.
do u mean there was no such issues when she was a MP in Yishun?

 

[sweetiepie]

Why My uncle said that is becas not onlee low wage workers are getting allowance. My uncle's colleague basic celery is above 3k and also used this leeson to claim allowance so my uncle told him this is illogical

In fact becas of this issue my uncle had a heated argument with his colleague. The colleague dare to say is gov disallowed him to go work not that he didn't want to as if he so on the ball so my uncle shot him back then next time when you sick you don't take mc ok becas gov never stop you from coming.

 

[shittypore]

seems like Halimah only aware of this issue when she is a president.
do u mean there was no such issues when she was a MP in Yishun?

Lanchow lah, she was with NTuc for donkey yrs. There she tudong herself frm workers problems.