Published: 25 February 2021 Separately, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo shared updates on Singapore's employment trends, as well as expected severity of retrenchment in the coming months. On Wednesday (24 February), Singapore Labour Members of Parliament (Labour MPs) came together to debate the recent Singapore Budget 2021, stressing focus on topics such as the Progressive Wage Model, support for employees in working from home, respecting diversity at the workplace, and more. These are summarised below. Speech focus: Uplifting lower wage workers, and supporting workers' training and business transformation In his speech, Dr Koh shared more about NTUC's aspirations and ideas to expand progressive wages and practices to uplift lower wage workers (LWW), ensuring that wages and careers do not stagnate over time.