The Tripartite Cluster for Waste Management Industry (TCWM) was formed in January 2021 to introduce a Progressive Wage Model (PWM) for the Waste Collection and Materials Recovery sub-sectors. It sets out to provide a clear career progression pathway for waste management workers to earn better wages as they improve their skills and productivity.
To transform and uplift the professionalism of the industry, the TCWM recommendations outline the career, skills and wage ladders for new and existing waste management workers, which include mapping out the job roles for both operational and supervisory positions and minimum training requirements as well as setting the baseline gross wages with a multi-year schedule of sustainable annual increases. To safeguard workers’ interests, the TCWM also recommended the Overtime Rate of Pay to provide greater clarity and transparency to the industry.
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