Their pay may have gone up but SMRT bus drivers now have to work an additional day, clocking in six days a week.
Last Friday, responding to media queries, the SMRT revealed that it raised the monthly pay for its Singaporean bus drivers from the start of this month, following SBS Transit's move last month.
But it has emerged that as part of the pay adjustment, the SMRT bus drivers will no longer be working five days a week - an arrangement that has been in place since January 2006.
Under the new pay framework, the SMRT has increased the basic monthly pay of Singaporean bus drivers by 35 per cent to S$1,625. Including overtime, allowances and incentives, its bus drivers will take home about S$2,500 each month on average.
SMRT Bus Service Drivers Blow the Whistle
With regards to the various reports by the local newspapers, a group of bus drivers from SMRT Bus Service would like to point out that in actual fact, there is no salary increase for a large group of bus drivers.
The salary adjustment given by SMRT Bus Service is different from that given by SBS Transit. In the case of SBS Transit, they have really given a monetary addition to the salary of all its bus drivers without any withdrawal of variable allowances/incentives or working duration.
However, this is not the case with SMRT Bus Service.
Main Change by SMRT Bus Service:
For a Singaporean bus driver, the salary adjustment is $225 per month.
For a SPR/Malaysian bus driver, the salary adjustment is $100 per month.
However a crucial point to note is that all bus drivers now have to work a 6-days week instead of a 5-days week.
The following 5 reasons will highlight how SMRT Bus Service has misrepresented the salary adjustment and in actual fact a large majority of the bus drivers who have been employed for a long time with SMRT Bus Service will lose out >>> LINK >>>
Bus captains to have 6 days work week from 5 days work week after increase of salary
SMRT is being criticized over the move of changing the 5 days work week of the bus captains to 6 days work week after the salary increase.
SMRT announced that from this month onwards the salary of the bus captains will be increased, however a group of SMRT bus captains revealed to the media that Singaporean bus captains were in fact facing a reduction in wages, because their 5 days work week have been changed to a 6 days work week.
Mr Yu represents a group of SMRT bus captains, states that SMRT gave the bus captains an adjustment to their wages, and methodology which is different from how SBS does it.
SMRT bus drivers fear pay will fall due to longer work week
SMRT bus drivers have expressed concern that their take-home pay may fall - despite the company's announcement last week that their basic salaries will be raised.
This is because their working week is to be lengthened from five days to six, said those who spoke to The Straits Times on Monday.
They fear the move will reduce the amount they receive in overtime.
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