A June 2026 joint report by four migrant worker and labour advocacy groups proposes a universal living wage for all workers in Singapore, including migrants, as the Employment Act undergoes review. The groups say it would address wage inequality, exploitation and labour standards.

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• Four advocacy groups have proposed a universal living wage covering both local and migrant workers.
• The groups say migrant workers remain excluded from key wage safeguards and vulnerable to low wages and recruitment debt.
• Their wider Employment Act proposals include shorter working hours, stronger salary protection and expanded employment claim rights.

Four migrant worker and labour advocacy groups have called on the Singapore government to introduce a universal minimum or living wage for all workers as part of proposed reforms to the Employment Act (EA).

The coalition said the proposal would help workers sustain themselves in Singapore and support their families back home, while addressing wage inequality and preventing labour standards from being undercut.

The proposal is contained in a joint report titled “Proposed Amendments to the Employment Act”, submitted to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in mid-June 2026.

The report was jointly submitted by Here With You, the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), and Workers Make Possible.

The groups said their proposed amendments were intended to address what they described as...

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