Singapore's National Wages Council : an insider's view / Lim Chong Yah, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and National University of Singapore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Chong-Yah.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Wages Council (Singapore).

Wages--Government policy--Singapore.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 397 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by Emeritus Professor LIM Chong-Yah, Founding Chairman of the tripartite National Wages Council (NWC), this unique volume offers readers an insider's view of the genesis and the evolution of the wage determination mechanism and system in Singapore under the aegis of the NWC. As a tripartite body dealing with wages, wage policies and wage-related matters and promoting Growth with Equity, the NWC played a critical role in transforming industrial relations in Singapore from the then confrontational approach to that of mutual understanding, esprit de corps and social co-partnership. Drawin

Contents:

part 1. Lectures and articles on NWC

part 2. Letters to the prime minister

part 3. Awards and commendations

part 4. My personal reflections as NWC chairman

part 5. Two special lectures and a postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9789814525756

9814525758

OCLC:

869905683