One rule for the government and another for the rest of us
Back in March 2018, it was announced that parking charges would kick in for teachers at Primary, Secondary schools and Junior Colleges starting from August, as the government claimed it is in line with the Public Service Division's "clean wage" policy, which stipulates that salaries are fully accounted for, with no hidden...
Is it possible to pay top dollar and get monkeys?
Conventional wisdom says that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys, and the more executives are paid, the better they perform. Not so, according to many studies. The most comprehensive study so far was undertaken by corporate-governance research firm MSCI which summarises its findings this way: “Has CEO pay reflected long-term...
Salaries: Is the Straits Times worth the paper it is printed on?
I refer to the ‘Insight’ article “Helping low-wage workers: What more can be done? ” (Sunday Times (2 full pages), Jun 24). It states that “Cleaner Sucila Rajoo, whose basic monthly salary was $600 when she started work 18 years ago, now earns $1,300, plus an incentive of $100 a month for good attendance and performance....
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