Wage, not age.
I was curious when I saw the bbc article that the US Congress had
raised the minimum wage from USD $5.15 by $2.10. That would be
$7.25 an hour.... minimum wage. That curiosity drove me to google
up Singapore's legal minimum wage, only to discover that there is
NO Legal minimum wage?
Doesn't this leave a loophole for exploitation to employ those who
really really really need a job at a much lower wage? Some really
big fast food joints operating locally are known to pay as low as
$3 an hour. I mean, I'm really jealous of the americans now. Their
minimum wage workers now earn TWICE of what Singaporean
(controversially NON-Minimum wage ) workers, and in US
Dollars.
Okay, maybe its no big deal for most of the new bunch of well
educated Singaporeans. They probably won't become minimum wage
workers here, and those who are minimum wage workers, can't
possibly migrate to US and be minimum wage workers there.
I feel sorry for the poor aged aunties and uncles, so old already
still working hard in fast food joints or supermarts. I wonder what
kinda wage they receive and what kinda protection and benefits they
have.
