{"id":31964,"date":"2023-05-11T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T01:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/?p=31964"},"modified":"2023-05-11T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T01:45:21","slug":"reimagining-workfare-to-uplift-low-wage-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2023\/05\/11\/reimagining-workfare-to-uplift-low-wage-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining Workfare to Uplift Low-Wage Families"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: iStock\/ LembiBuchanan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Support for the disadvantaged and vulnerable segments of Singaporean society has long been an issue of great importance. In response to recent parliamentary debates on this issue, Associate Professor Irene Y H Ng (NUS Social Work & Social Service Research Centre (SSR)), Senior Lecturer Dr Ong Ee Cheng (NUS Economics, SSR), and their co-author Michael Lien (LEAP 201 Founder and Board Chairman) discuss the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme in Singapore in \u2018Reimagining Workfare to uplift low-wage families\u2019 (Business Times<\/em>, April 2023).<\/p>\n

The WIS scheme aims to provide financial support to low-wage workers. While it has been largely effective in reducing income inequality and increasing the take-home pay of low-wage workers, A\/P Ng and Dr Ong suggest that it can be improved further. The authors propose several recommendations to enhance the WIS scheme, including increasing the coverage of the scheme to more low-wage workers, increasing the amount of financial support provided to low-wage workers, and improving the flexibility of the scheme to better cater to the needs of a variety of low-wage workers. They also suggest that the WIS scheme could be complemented by additional measures to improve the lives of low-wage workers, such as providing affordable housing and healthcare, and improving the quality of jobs available to them.<\/p>\n

Overall, the article highlights the importance of addressing the challenges faced by low-wage workers in Singapore, and argues that a comprehensive approach is needed to improve their financial security and well-being. By reimagining the WIS scheme and implementing additional measures to support low-wage workers, Singapore can achieve greater social and economic equality, and build a more inclusive society for all.<\/p>\n

Read the article here: https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/reimagining-workfare-uplift-low-wage-families<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Support for the disadvantaged and vulnerable segments of Singaporean society has long been an issue of great importance. In response to recent parliamentary debates on this issue, Associate Professor Irene Y H Ng (NUS Social Work & Social Service Research Centre (SSR)), Senior Lecturer Dr Ong Ee Cheng (NUS Economics, SSR), and their co-author Michael […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":31965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4529,4609,4544,4604],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-singapore-research-nexus","category-social-work","category-visible"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31967,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964\/revisions\/31967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}