SINGAPORE — New intermediaries will soon be appointed to better connect industry players with training institutes and schools to improve job-matching for students and jobseekers, including retrenched workers.
Called jobs-skills integrators, the work of these middlemen will begin in the retail, precision engineering and wholesale trade sectors for a start, where there are a higher concentration of mature workers and small and medium-sized enterprises .
Mr Wong, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said that while it is good to have more skills training, such training programmes can vary in quality. "There is therefore a need to develop labour market intermediaries who can work with industry, training and employment facilitation partners to optimise training and job placement," he said.
They also have to work closely with employment facilitation agencies, get buy-in from industry partners and unions, and identify individuals with the right aptitude and fit for training. The part-time employment grant will also be extended till 2025, which will encourage employers to offer part-time re-employment, other flexible work arrangements and structured career planning for senior workers.To help more lower-wage workers, the progressive wage model will be expanded to more sectors and occupations
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