#ReallyWorkingforSingapore
| WP claims credit for raising this issue | Previous times the issue was discussed | |
| 1 | Calling for support for involuntarily unemployed (2011) | In 1961, PAP Minister Inche Ahmad Bin Ibrahim discussed setting up a scheme for unemployment insurance with the support of trade unions. 2003: Dr Amy Khor asked government to consider further interim measures to help the unemployed. 2008: Lim Wee Kiak called for more help for jobless Singaporeans and helping non-unionised workers to be properly compensated when they are retrenched. 2016: Patrick Tay said Unemployment insurance is worth studying further. 2021: Patrick Tay lobbied for Transitionary (Unemployment) Insurance to support vulnerable Professionals, especially PMETs in their 40s to 60s. |
| 2 | Anti-discrimination legislation (2020) | 2005: Dr Amy Khor called for protection for pregnant women employees against discrimination 2011: Tin Pei Ling called for protection for older workers from being discriminated against when they apply for jobs. 2012: Christopher De Souza called for regulations to prevent employment discrimination against the disabled 2018: Tan Wu Meng called for safeguards to protect Singaporean workers from unfair discrimination arising from pre-existing medical history 2018: Rahayu Mahzam called for an anti-discrimination law to protect PWDs from discrimination 2021: Patrick Tay called for legislation to deter discrimination based on nationality, age, gender, disability, or race, aiming to strengthen the Singaporean core in the workforce. |
| 3 | Flexible work arrangements (2015) | 2004: Ho Geok Choo called for guidelines to support businesses to operate a 4-day work week. 2009: Gan Kim Yong said MOM has already encouraged employers to adopt flexible work arrangements. 2012: Foo Mee Har called for more measures to promote flexible work arrangements for employees with young, elderly and disabled dependants. 2015: Christopher De Souza called for schemes or programmes in place that encourage employers to promote flexible work arrangements within the workplace. 2020: Louis Ng called for legislation to support requests for work-from-home arrangements. |
| 4 | Shared Parental Leave (2020) | 2008: Lee Bee Wah called for granting of paternity leave to employees. 2010: Lee Bee Wah asked the government to consider adapting the Swedish system to give extended leave from work to husbands to encourage men to shoulder greater responsibility in looking after their children. 2016: Desmond Choo called the Government to consider legislate a second week of paternity leave for fathers. 2020: Louis Ng called on government to incentivise fathers to take their Government-Paid Paternity Leave (GPPL) by providing additional leave to couples which can be used by either the mother or father where the father has consumed his full entitlement of GPPL. |
| 5 | Work Pass Credentials Assessment (2023) | 2000: Inderjit Singh called on the government to establish a screening agency to verify the authenticity of foreign workers’ work permits/passes, particularly to help landlords verify potential tenants’ status. 2021: Gan Thiam Poh called for the Ministry to review and work with only reputable overseas educational institutions with a proven track record for approval of both Employment Pass and S Pass applications. |
| 6 | Expanded Public Rental Scheme (2021) | 2006: Halimah Yacob called on government to provide rental flats which are not as highly subsidised as the present HDB rental flats but yet are lower in rental compared to the private rental flats, so as to provide more options to lower income Singaporeans who find it difficult to purchase their own homes. 2014: Tin Pei Ling called for more HDB blocks to be set aside for rental for families with limited housing option. 2015: David Ong Kim Huat called for more HDB rental flats set aside for Joint Singles Scheme. |
| 7 | Vouchers for Renting HDB flats in the Open Market (2023) | 2022: Carrie Tan has called for an interim rental fee subsidy for families in financial hardship who have to rent accommodation in the open market. |
| 8 | Shorter BTO Wait Times (2023) | In 2019, the WP proposed that HDB build no more than 9,000 flats yearly. We didn’t agree with them, and kept building more flats, up to 20,000 a year. If WP had their way, we would have a severe shortage of BTO flats. |
| 9 | Family GPs (2015) | 2005: Khaw Boon Wan spoke of the need for every family to have a good family GP who knows them and their family well. |
| 10 | Protecting Scam Victims (2023) | WP MP Jamus Lim’s suggestion to limit individual liability to $100 would have created a moral hazard, leaving taxpayers and banks picking up the bill for scam victims. |
| 11 | Widening Access to Justice (2020) | The Government has been providing funding for the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS) since 2007. The Public Defenders Office was set up in 2022 to complement CLAS. |
| 12 | National Servicemen’s Pay (2023) | 2000: NMP Thomas Thomas called for the government to increase the national servicemen’s allowance to prevailing market rates. |
| 13 | Tudungs in the Workplace (2017) | 2002: Zainul Abidin Rasheed spoke passionately about how the Muslim community was concerned about the tudung issue, and that PAP MPs would need to continue working on the issue. |
| 14 | Waiving ERP Administrative Fees (2017) | 2008: Seah Kian Peng called for government to address motorists ERP fines for improper payments resulting from faulty equipment. |
| 15 | National Hydrogen Strategy (2022) | 2006: NMP Assoc. Prof Ong Soh Khim called for hydrogen refuelling projects and commercially viable ways of supplying hydrogen safely on a large scale. |
