Workfare Income Supplement[pic 1] WIS (Workfare income supplement) was introduced by the government in first quarter 2007 budget speech as a permanent feature of Singapore’s social safety net for Singapore’s elder low income workers. WIS is paid out in cash and CPF up to 4 times a year for employees. Self-employed persons are paid annually. Its aim was to encourage workers to have a job in Singapore and have more retirement sum of money for housing or healthcare use. This will help for low-wage, low-skill workers to be upwardly mobile in the labor market and in society as well. There has been an increase of amount in 2010 with an income ceiling from $1,500 to $1,700, maximum possible payout from $2,400 to $2,800. From the graph, it depicts that there’s a significant increase on the employment rate as it increases with the age band as older workers are entitled to more supplements. This WIS scheme is integrated with the CPF system, which is based on the contributions from individual earning income. A study by Soon et al. (2012) revealed that the impact of WIS has worked well with the majority of low-wage workers. Low-wage workers preferred a higher CPF component as compared to pure cash. From the graph shown, we can conclude that the WIS has indeed helps with the employment rate to increase.
WIS is implemented to cater to Singaporean that falls in the bottom 20%. To be eligible for WIS scheme, one must not earn more then $1,900, reside in a property of not more than $13,000 annually, and must be employed for two out of three months. However, there is a minimum wage of $1,000 to get eligible for the scheme. Workers that earned below $1,000 are not entitled to it, which will result in widening gap between higher and lower paid Singaporeans or companies to hesitate hiring them at a higher cost. Another problem that worries is that as government continues to extend the age retirement to encourage those elder workers to work. Elder workers are not given an equal pay and are not treated fairly. Thus, as they grow older, they are actually paid lesser, which resulted staying in chronic state of poverty and not accorded enough to retire.
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LICENSED WITHDRAWAL, HONG KONG—A member of the opposition Labor Party who held an open vote as deputy chairman of the opposition, said he is prepared to work for the government after the June 30 election, if not later, even if he did not vote for it. He said he has had multiple meetings with various leaders to try and gain his confidence as a minister and said he will work only on a case by case basis. However, he said he is not sure if he will run.
In a statement, deputy leader Pramod Mahajan said, “We are disappointed by a decision of our Labor Party that did not seek to put a price on the labour market and we have a different approach to legislating for a change to the labour reforms, in the coming weeks.” Mahajan added that he will hold an open vote on June 30 after the next elections. Mahajan, who has supported the plan for reforms, said his party wants to keep as much of its power as possible, but would not change its tune in order to stop this from happening. He added also that he would appeal to members to do both on the basis of their political views.
NIGAL WITHDRAWAL, WASHINGTON—For an Asian-Americans’ Day, the government has already imposed a 50-day waiting period through the June 14 election of a government headed by its first black members. Former Chief Cabinet Minister Arun Jaitley is among the current cabinet members having been given the option to contest to the 2018 National Electoral Council elections without any government intervention. According to an updated version of the government’s election plans, Jaitley, of India’s Aam Aadmi Party, will be the new minister responsible for the future electoral program, the same as vice-president Rahul Gandhi after he took over as Punjab MP from Prawitra’s Indira Gandhi.
Jaitley will also be responsible for re-election at the next national election when Jammu and Kashmir Governor Masmoor Ahmad and Punjab MLA Firoz Ahmad are slated to be MPs.
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The state assembly will not take up the matter before Election Day even one month from now as the party does not have the power of the parliament yet. Therefore the first question is whether an election is not conducted by a legislature without any government intervention (as the constitution has no such mechanism). According to the National Electoral Council, the National Election Commission of India has not decided whether to hold an election in 2019 or 2020, despite the fact that it already has the power of government.
However, it is understood that Jaitley’s government wanted to be prepared to seek the election after considering its policy options, but has decided against holding the election due to limited power and time. The