A new Integrated Progressive Wage Model unveiled by the Labour Movement’s Hospitality and Consumer Business Cluster aims to help some 3000 rank and file workers and executives in the hotel sector earn higher wages and enjoy multiple career paths.
About 250 Singaporean PMEs (Professionals, Managers and Executives) are also targeted to be impacted through the first phase of a new Executive Development Programme (EDP).
The EDP is a structured management trainee programme mooted by the Cluster in consultation with NTUC's e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency.
The announcements came about at the 30th Food, Drink and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU)/NTUC/ Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) Productivity Seminar cum ' Employee of the Year" and "Productivity Idea" Awards Ceremony held on 24 July 2012.
The Cluster comprises three NTUC-affiliated unions from related industries: Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU), The Singapore Manual & Mercantile Workers’ Union (SMMWU) and Attractions, Resorts & Entertainment Union (AREU).
The cluster worked with hoteliers to devise an integrated hotel-specific Progressive Wage model through two strategies: raise wages progressively through productivity; and build a Singaporean Core of managers and supervisors in the hotel sector.
Under the new wage model, staff will be further equipped with more skills to rise up the wage ladder. Alternatively, they may also join a job re-design scheme known as HOST (Hotel Operations Specialist Team) which will see them deployed across three job functions in their line of work to achieve better productivity and acquire higher wages.
Hospitality and Consumer Business Cluster Lead Yeo Guat Kwang said: "The new progressive wage system for the hotel sector is a highly versatile one that enables low-wage workers in rank and file positions to Flow Up vertically as they deepen their skills and raise their productivity; it also gives them the flexibility to Flow Across laterally to other job functions upon completion of HOST and to Flow Up if they upskill through the Executive Development Programme.
"Also, Singaporeans looking for a mid-career switch can tap on the programme to get inducted into the sector. This helps to strengthen the Singapore Core in the hotel sector and bring about Better Jobs For All."
