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别让老人太劳累 司徒国辉冀反思人力政策

by 林殊
30/06/2020
in 劳工, 时事, 舆论
Reading Time: 1 min read
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新加坡美食大使司徒国辉,呼吁应该重新思考人力政策,不应以缺乏年轻劳动力为由,就意味着可强迫老年人到餐饮业,从事辛苦的劳动工作。

司徒国辉于今日(29日)在脸书上转载他自身的部落格指出,直指人力政策应该重新思考定位,老年人应该享有更好的生活,不应将被年轻人忽视的工作,例如餐饮行业,强迫老人接手,他们值得更好的。

“仅仅因为年轻人没有将焦点放在这些工作上,也不意味着你必须强迫雇佣老年人劳动军团,请照顾好我们的老一辈。“

文章内指出,他自2018年来,就一直在研究这种现象。他表示,小贩们一直为大多数新加坡人提供便利的服务,亦曾向联合国教科文组织申请将新加坡小贩文化列入“非物质文化遗产代表名录”,甚至在疫情期间,显得更是无比重要,可见小贩文化不可忽视。

然而,因人力政策的影响,小贩中心不得放弃雇佣客工担任小贩中心较为辛苦的工作。他认为,许多小贩都愿意以两千以上的薪水,聘请老人管理档口,但由于长时间的体力劳动,反而让他们身心俱疲。

他也举例,一名公民瑞芳为了能够协助父母,放弃了大学学位,回家继承虾面档口。每日都必须起早贪黑,从对虾子的处理到煮虾面,无一需要强而有力的体力活。为了能够全面照顾档口生意,其丈夫更是辞掉了工程师的工作照顾孩子。

瑞芳尽管曾以2千500元聘雇摊位助理,但仍因体力活太劳累而离开,甚至在去年待产期间,仍需要拜托家中俩老到档口中,并给付丰厚的金额。截至今日,她仍然无法聘雇到助理,只能恳求父母持续协助,每日和她一起辛劳工作。

“她曾以2千500元欲要聘雇助理,然而,他们都在一个月内离开,因为体力劳动的压力,最终她只能说服70岁的父母在他去年待产期间帮助他。当然,他会付给他们丰厚的奖金,截至目前,她仍然无法找到助理,而她的父母则持续协助她,每日都在辛苦劳动。”

这并非是瑞芳一人的故事,而是小贩中心内面临两难的情况:即在缺乏客工与不强迫老人加入劳动行列下,小贩中心又该如何持续运营?

对此,司徒国辉认为,应该需要聘雇年轻活力的本地员工,甚至是以市场价格聘请外国人,至于年长者则适任可居家工作的岗位。

文章最后,司徒国辉也敦促,应该考虑放弃配额制和税收,如有必要,可以合同或期限条件,即签约三年。

“我想说,若想要敞开大门,不仅仅是欢迎每月领1万5千以上的外国PMET,而这些基本服务业的蓝领阶层也应该适用。”

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