Since setting up speciality coffee company Foreword Coffee in 2017, Mr Lim Wei Jie and his employees have benefited from a scheme that subsidises the wages of employees with disabilities.
Every month, the Special Employment Credit (SEC) scheme offers a subsidy of about $200 to the company for every employee with a disability who is hired, which offsets that worker's salary.
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