2. Why Unit for Contract & Casual Workers?

3. About Us
Unit for Contract & Casual Workers (UCCW) was set up in June 2006 following the call by union leaders at the NTUC Ordinary Delegates’ Conference 2005 to look into helping the workers

4. Concerns of Contract & Casual Workers
Low Pay
No Savings
Job/ Income Insecurity
Concerns
No Statutory Benefits
Career
Stagnation
No Protection

5. Our Aim
UCCW aims to help contract and casual workers to attain permanent employment with better wages by upgrading their employability skills by working with various partners.

6. contract and casual workers attain permanent employment with
Our Approach
to helping
contract and casual workers
attain permanent employment with
better wages and better working conditions
Membership and Benefits
BSI and Fair Employment Terms
Skills Training and Upgrading
Support the TriCom on Tripartite Advisory on Responsible Outsourcing Practices

7. TCM Outpatient Medical Job Stability & Progression
Training
Welfare
Enhancement
Promote Skill
Training &
Upgrading
TCM Outpatient Medical
&
Life Insurance
Communicating &
Advocating The
Adoption of Best
Sourcing Initiative
Job Stability & Progression
Better
Terms
Social &
Recreation

8. Benefits Term Life Insurance
TCM Outpatient Care
at cost NTUC
Healthcare
Benefits
Term
Life Insurance
Discount for
Breakfast
at NTUC Foodfare
Rebate at
NTUC First Campus

9. UCCW’s Membership Card

10. Serving the Contract and Casual Workers Better - Centre for Contract and Casual Workers (C3W)
Our new address:
141 Redhill Road, Block B #03-08
Singapore
Tel : Fax :
Website :

11. Services Available at Centre for Contract and Casual Workers (C3W)
Advocacy
Advisory services
Employment Intervention Program
WIS / WTS
Resource Information
Recreational & Social Activities
Advocate Fair Employment & Responsible Outsourcing for service buyers & providers
Provide Advice on Employment rights & other work-related issues
Facilitate & help CCW on Training & Job Placement
Help CCW to receive Workfare Income Supplement & tap on Workfare Training scheme
Disseminate useful Information & resource materials tailored to CCW
Support & organize recreational & social activities for CCW

12. Advocacy on Responsible Outsourcing & Best Sourcing
Encourage service buyers and service providers to embrace Best Sourcing Initiative
Incorporate Best Sourcing Elements in tender specifications
Promote Price Quality Evaluation Method (PQM)

13. What does BSI mean to low-wage workers?
Adoption of “best sourcing by Service Buyer allows workers to have:-
TRAINING
BETTER SKILLS
BETTER PAY

14. Learning Journey on Best Sourcing Initiative

15. Learning Journey on Best Sourcing Initiative

16. Advice on Employment Rights & Work Related Issues
Fair Employment Contract
Basic Statutory Benefits and Entitlements
Workplace Grievances

17. Facilitate and Help Contract and Casual Workers on Training &
Job Placement
Employment Intervention Programme (EIP)
Personal Achievement Card
(PAC)

18. Personal Achievement Card (PAC)
Many of the low wage workers are not able to write their own CV or record their achievements
The Personal Achievement Card will help to record the skills, qualifications, experience, training and certificates attained by the CCW
Helps employers to verify competence and suitability for work and to structure training and induction for workers.
Serves as a personal career development plan
Employer
Employee

19. Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) and Workfare Training Scheme (WTS)
Educate them on the benefits of WIS
Help workers to get back to employment to get WIS
Help workers to register for WIS
WTS
Complement WIS by adding the training components

20. Resource Information
Working closely with CPF MOM,NTUC Union membership, self-help groups, unions and other agencies to disseminate information and resource materials to CCW

21. Recreational & Social Activities
Support and organise recreational and social activities for CCW for community engagement & emotional support

22. Celebrate with U – Chinese New Year

23. Wellness during Downturn Readiness for Upturn

24. “Excel With U” Seminar

25. Cleaners’ Day 2009

26. Cleaners’ Day 2010

27. Unit for Contract and Casual Workers (UCCW)
Membership Benefits
Advisory on Workplace issues
Advocacy of BSI
Unit for Contract and Casual Workers (UCCW)
Facilitate WIS/WTS
Fair Employment Terms
Employment Intervention Programme (EIP)
Recreational and social activities
Personal Achievement Card (PAC)
Resource Information

28. What do we want to achieve?
3B Results
Better pay
Better terms
Better Employability
High end contract/
permanent job
Middle level
Low end contract job
Employability
Tenure

29. Thank you