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More sectors may adopt progressive wage model
Waste management, food services could follow cleaning, security, landscaping sectors
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Decathlon Singapore already has a structure for progressive wages, in which most managerial positions are filled through internal promotions, and all store managers can expect to progress.
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Waste management and food services may be next in line to adopt the progressive wage model (PWM), a wage ladder that spells out compensation and career pathways for workers at each skill level.
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) deputy secretary-general Koh Poh Koon told The Straits Times (ST) that the labour movement has submitted its proposal to the Government for the model to be implemented in the waste management sector.

