SINGAPORE - Covid-19 safeguards for foreign workers will be tightened with immediate effect, after a new cluster of cases was detected at the Westlite Woodlands dormitory earlier this week. The multi-ministry task force said on Thursday (April 22) that this is to prevent potential "leaks" - involving new variants of…

SINGAPORE - All long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have travelled to India within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore, as the country goes on "heightened alert" against Covid-19.This move takes effect from 11.59pm on Friday, and includes people who have prior…

SINGAPORE - A fake e-mail purportedly from the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) Assurance, Care and Engagement group, which sought contact details from recipients for a Covid-19 vaccination exercise, has been circulating online, the ministry said.In a Facebook post, MOM warned the public about the phishing e-mail and asked those who…

SINGAPORE - Foreign worker levies for S Pass and work permit holders, including those for foreign domestic workers FDW, will be waived for their stay-home notice (SHN) period from January to September this year, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (April 1). This is to help employers manage the…

SINGAPORE - Plans to relax the restrictions on the movements of foreign workers will be implemented progressively, when more of them have been vaccinated and infection rates remain under control, said the multi-ministry task force co-chair Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (March 24).He was responding to questions raised at a press…

A report released by the Ministry of Manpower last week showed that while Singapore saw the sharpest fall in total employment in more than 20 years, foreigners bore the brunt of the layoffs. SINGAPORE: It could take longer for skilled foreign workers to return to Singapore, and possibly in smaller numbers,…

SINGAPORE - The number of workers employed fell last year in the sharpest decline seen in Singapore in more than two decades, with foreigners bearing the brunt of the contraction, but the labour market is turning the corner.The latest labour market data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Tuesday…

PONTIAN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Johor government is targeting to vaccinate at least 100,000 Malaysians who hold a job in Singapore against Covid-19 as it hopes to reopen Malaysia's border with the republic by May or June.The vaccination will be done in stages under phase two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Johor Menteri…

Starting with 10,000 dormitory residentsSINGAPORE: COVID-19 vaccinations for foreign workers in Singapore will begin with 10,000 people living in the country's five largest dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Mar 8).This batch of workers have never been infected by COVID-19, said the ministry, adding that their vaccinations will…

Our fundamental objective is always to serve the interests of Singaporean workers. Access to foreign workers is meant to help grow a larger economic pie than we otherwise can. Therefore, the foreign workforce must act as a complement to our local workforce. MANPOWER MINISTER JOSEPHINE TEO  Mrs Teo also set out her…