Government Accepts Security Tripartite Cluster’s Wage Recommendations for Security Officers

The Government has accepted the recommendations by the Security Tripartite Cluster (STC) in the addendum to the STC report on the Security Progressive Wage Model (PWM). From 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025, the Security PWM will include a two-year schedule of wage increases for in-house security officers, and a two-year schedule for part-time hourly rates for outsourced security officers. ¹

Two-Year Schedule of Wage Increases for In-house Security Officers

2. Since 1 September 2022, the Security PWM has been expanded to cover in-house security officers. Arising from consultations with the security industry, the STC has proposed a separate wage ladder to better account for the difference in working hours and compensation structure between in-house and outsourced security officers. The revised wage schedule will benefit about 2,200 full-time lower-wage workers ² in the in-house security sector.

3. The two-year wage schedule allows employers the flexibility to balance business sustainability with meaningful wage increments for lower-wage workers. This is in line with the National Wages Council 2023/24 guidelines. The wage schedule for in-house security officers is in Annex A.

Two-Year Schedule of Part-time Rates for Outsourced Security Officers

4. The STC has also proposed hourly rates for outsourced security officers, to provide clarity for part-time and ad-hoc work arrangements. The schedule of part-time hourly rates is in Annex B.

5. The STC will conduct a further review of the Security PWM in 2025. For more details, please refer to the reports issued by STC at www.ntuc.org.sg/tripartiteguidelines. Security officers with enquiries may call the Union of Security Employees at 6291 5145 (for union members) or NTUC’s U Care Centre at 1800-255-2828.

[1] The term “Security Officer” refers to security officers as licensed under the Private Security Industry Act (2007).
[2] Refers to full-time resident employees earning a gross monthly income from work [excluding employer Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions] up to and including the 20th percentile income level of full-time employed residents (excluding employer CPF contributions), which was $2,492 in June 2022.

Annex A

Gross Wage Schedule for In-house Security Officers

* For the job role of Senior Security Supervisor, STC recommends that their wages be left to market forces as their wages are generally above the bottom 20 ^th wage percentile.

Annex B

Part-time Basic Hourly Rates for Outsourced Security Officers