Enjoy free travel, health screening, flexible benefits and more. Bus plus bus captain contract strides transportation. Apply to bus driver, shuttle driver, driver and more. Its not easy being a bus captain in singapore if youre prc. Five bus drivers are suing their employer sbs transit, accusing the transport operator of underpaying them for overtime hours and for getting them to. We aim to provide worldclass public transport which is safe and comfortable. To prepare for station operations according to organizational standards 2. New bus captain jobs in singapore available today on jobstreet quality candidates, quality employers. In september 2019, five bus drivers sued sbs transit for underpaying them for overtime hours as well as asking them to work for more than 44 hours a week, which breaches the employment act.
Dec 31, 2019 all eight bus drivers are seeking damages to be assessed for wages, statutory interest of 5. S61 is a multimodal public transport transport operator in singapore operating bus, rail and taxi services. There are currently four public bus transport operators in the industry, sbs transit, smrt, tower transit and goahead singapore. Singapore five more bus drivers are suing their employer sbs transit over alleged breaches of the employment act, claiming they were overworked and underpaid. Smrt trains ltd jobs bus captain jobs smrt buses ltd jobs certis cisco security pte ltd jobs. Five drivers sue sbs transit in dispute over overtime pay. A group of five bus drivers are suing their employer, public transport operator sbs transit, in a dispute over overtime wages. Public transport operator sbs transit ltd has appointed davinder singh llc to defend itself against the law suit filed by five of its bus drivers following a wage dispute. Bus driver former employee east singapore november 11, 2019. Singapore three more sbs transit sbst bus drivers have stepped forward to file lawsuits against their employer, joining five others.
In a writ of summons filed by lawyer m ravi last fri 20 sep and seen by toc today 23 sep, the bus drivers, who have been working for sbs transit between three years to a decade, alleged that the company has breached the term of the contract on. View 18 sbs transit limited jobs at jobsdb, create free email alerts and never miss another career opportunity again. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at sbs transit dtl. Five bus drivers are suing their employer sbs transit, accusing the transport operator of underpaying them for overtime hours and for getting them to work more than 44 hours a week in. According to the original post by facebook user fareen salauddin, the bus captain stopped driving following a fare dispute over whether one of the passengers children could travel on the bus for free. According to court documents, one of the driver chua qwong meng was expected to work for seven days straight. Sbs transit turns to industrial arbitration court in wage.
Jun 01, 2016 sbs transits revised salary package will benefit close to 10,000 employees, of whom 6,500 are bus captains. Sep 24, 2019 a group of five bus drivers are suing their employer, public transport operator sbs transit, in a dispute over overtime wages. Talks between management and the disaffected drivers started in the morning, and. According to court documents filed by their lawyer m. Sbs transit appoints davinder singh chambers in defence. More bus drivers sue sbs transit, claiming underpaid wages. Singapore in a sign of the growing competition for bus drivers here, goahead singapore, the countrys fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains. It is the largest public bus operator in singapore. The drivers legal actions follow in the footsteps of eight of their colleagues who last year sued their employer over similar claims.
Three more bus drivers sue sbs transit over wage dispute. Sbs transit ltd and its associate business units i. Sbs transit s revised salary package will benefit close to 10,000 employees, of whom 6,500 are bus captains. Other breaches under the ea allegedly made by sbs transit, as claimed by the bus drivers, include compensating them at the normal hourly rate of pay instead of the statutorily prescribed rate of an extra days salary at the basic rate of pay for one days work, in addition to the gross rate of pay for that day for work done on. See all bus driver salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market. In hopes of attracting more to pursue bus driving as a career, transport companies sbs transit, smrt and goahead are offering new bus. Visit payscale to research bus driver salaries by city, experience, skill, employer and more. Oct 17, 2019 even though bus drivers play an important role in the daily commute of singaporeans, it would seem that we dont have enough of them. When a driver is in charge of a particular shift for the day, he or she will need to follow the timetable issued by the scheduling department. Bus driver former employee ang mo kio january 21, 2020. One such mentor is senior bc lee liang seng, a spritely 61yearold who has been a bus captain for eight years.
This estimate is based upon 2 tower transit operations bus driver salary reports provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. Five additional sbs transit bus drivers sue company over wages. If you have noticed, this is an s2 timetable, which is equivalent to a e shift in sbs transit. Smrt has about 2,000 bus drivers compared to competitor sbs transit s 5,300 of which about 450 are from china. The post even suggested that he went on strike an unkind reference perhaps to the 2012 illegal strike involving 171 bus drivers over a pay dispute. Sep 24, 2019 singapore five bus drivers are suing their employer, bus and train operator sbs transit sbst, over a wage dispute. The company hopes to attract more singaporeans and permanent residents. Dec 30, 2019 singapore three bus drivers are suing their employer sbs transit over alleged breaches of the employment act, claiming they were overworked and underpaid. Jul 26, 2017 this is what reportedly happened to the captain of smrt bus service 969 who was involved in an incident last saturday. Sbs transit on friday oct 18 said it has made an application to refer the wage dispute cases involving five bus drivers to the industrial arbitration court iac.
Sbs transit sued by group of bus drivers in dispute over. Five bus drivers have filed separate lawsuits against public transport operator sbs transit ltd over a wage dispute concerning overtime pay. If you like working with people and want to make a difference in your community, come help us run our growing transit system. Carson law chambers, the law firm representing the sbs transit bus drivers, confirmed the matter in a facebook post today 1 oct. Now benjamin lim is one of singapores youngest bus drivers, and hes hoping to inspire more with his passion. Sbs transit dtl employee benefits and perks glassdoor. Tower transit operations bus driver salaries glassdoor. Firms find it hard to recruit drivers, given the low pay and daunting hours christopher tan and royston sim speak to the two bus operators, sbs transit and smrt, as well as talk to four drivers to put faces to a job that is now in the spotlight. Five bus drivers file lawsuits against sbs transit over. By failing to compensate its bus drivers at the basic hourly rate of pay for their waiting time between shifts, sbs transit had breached an implied. Public bus driver jobs in singapore bus academy training. The civil suits, which were filed with the state courts on 24 december, come three months after five bus drivers filed similar suits against sbs transit.
Sbs transit appoints law firm run by pm lees lawyer to defend them. Singapore three bus drivers are suing their employer sbs transit over alleged breaches of the employment act, claiming they were overworked and underpaid. When jian wei disembarked to board another bus after eight minutes, the bus captain was still speaking to his superiors over the bus intercom. Bus operators in singapore rely on the adherence of schedules to meet service standards laid out by the public transport council, and to maximize the efficiency of bus services. Bus driver salaries at tower transit operations can range from. See what employees say its like to work at sbs transit dtl. All eight bus drivers are seeking damages to be assessed for wages, statutory interest of 5. Singapore three more sbs transit sbst bus drivers have stepped forward to file lawsuits against their employer, joining five others who in september accused the transport operator of. Ntwu executive secretary melvin yong said the revised employment terms are timely and sets a good example in the fastgrowing industry, which on sunday saw the new. Singapore eight bus drivers who sued sbs transit over rest days and overtime pay have now filed an application to quash a decision by the. Five additional sbs transit bus drivers sue company over. Six bus services to run later with the early closure of some mrt stations on the east west line.
Comfortdelgro group comes together to help beleaguered cabbies. Technical officer, maintenance planning and bus asset. Talks between management and the disaffected drivers. To help them better transit to their new jobs, sbs transit has taken special care to pair all new cabbyturnedbc with a mentor who, like them, used to be cabbies. Its not easy being a bus captain in singapore if youre. The lowstress way to find your next transit bus driver job opportunity is on simplyhired. Sbs transit and smrt issue different forms of timetables to drivers, as we will explore below. The 23yearold bus driver dont make us invisible cna. Ravi of carson law chambers, the drivers claim sbst paid them below the ministry of manpowers regulated rate for overtime work, and that their working hour records do not. Join us as a smrt bus captain, click here to apply. Bus driver former employee east singapore november 11, 2019 not a regular job as its in public service sector.
The bus drivers claimed that sbs transit had failed to compensate them at the basic hourly rate of pay for the period between 4 a. Jan 17, 2020 singapore eight bus drivers who sued sbs transit over rest days and overtime pay have now filed an application to quash a decision by the industrial arbitration court iac the drivers, all. Welcome to the official facebook page of sbs transit. Bus captain jobs in singapore, job vacancies jobstreet. There are over 1,006 transit bus driver careers waiting for you to apply. A writ of summons was served on sbs transit yesterday 23 sept. Nov 27, 2012 smrt has about 2,000 bus drivers compared to competitor sbs transit s 5,300 of which about 450 are from china. Sbs transit dtl benefits and perks, including insurance benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation policy. New bus driver jobs in singapore available today on jobstreet quality candidates, quality employers. With a majority of its shares owned by comfortdelgro corporation at 75%, it was formerly known as singapore bus services before rebranding to sbs transit on 1 november 2001. In singapore, there is a serious shortage of bus drivers so transport firms like sbs transit, smrt and goahead, are upping the ante to entice people to take up the role. To uplift and raise the professionalism of the careers in the bus industry, several enhancements. Bus and driver scheduling are an integral part of bus operations. This estimate is based upon 3 go transit bus driver salary reports provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods.
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