Job security of bus drivers safeguarded in new contracting model
16 Sep 2014|1,975 views
The Public Transport Tripartite Committee have outlined steps to protect the job security of bus drivers in the new contracting model, reported The Straits Times.
Josephine Teo, the Committee Chairman and also Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, revealed earlier today a new operator must offer workers employment terms no worse than what they had in their previous firm. Affected employees can choose to join the new player or be redeployed by their current firm where feasible, added the English daily.
The first parcel of bus routes to be contracted out by the Government consists of 26 services in the west. Tenders will go out as early as this month and implementation is scheduled for first half of 2016.
The Public Transport Tripartite Committee have outlined steps to protect the job security of bus drivers in the new contracting model, reported The Straits Times.
Josephine Teo, the Committee Chairman and also Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, revealed earlier today a new operator must offer workers employment terms no worse than what they had in their previous firm. Affected employees can choose to join the new player or be redeployed by their current firm where feasible, added the English daily.
The first parcel of bus routes to be contracted out by the Government consists of 26 services in the west. Tenders will go out as early as this month and implementation is scheduled for first half of 2016.
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