SINGAPORE - During the circuit breaker period, cleaning company Anergy Building Services managed to keep elderly cleaners at home while ensuring their salaries would continue to be paid.
He referred to such workers as essential staff who"have been at the front line in our fight against Covid-19". Four advisories were issued to the cleaning, security, waste management and lift and escalator sectors respectively. The Straits Times reported in May that the number of refuse collectors dropped by nearly a fifth even as more rubbish was being generated as people stayed at home.
These workers should also have access to proper and reasonable rest areas in or near their work premises.