Work Pass News Update
A pilot initiative offering online bite-sized courses on workplace safety for foreign workers was announced on Sunday (May 29) by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC).The initiative is meant to uphold higher workplace safety and health standards among foreign workers here.Workers can take the courses…
As border controls ease, more construction workers have been entering Singapore to help ease the manpower crunchAt the same time, many workers are also leaving to go home, the first time in two years for many of them Productivity has thus taken a hit with the inflow of less-skilled workers and…
'More foreign workers needed': Businesses call for reclassification of services sector to tackle manpower crunchThe Singapore Business Federation put out a report on how to address the ongoing manpower deficitIt is proposing that the Government reclassifies the different businesses within the services sectorThis will allow businesses that depend more on…
The reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore border has resulted in some sectors of the economy in Johor being affected as Malaysians are seeking jobs in Singapore due to better pay when converted to ringgit.Online news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported this morning that hotels in Johor are facing major manpower…
With the land border to Malaysia set to fully re-open next Friday (Apr 1), Singapore companies are already seeing a jump in work permit applications from Malaysian workers.https://youtu.be/NnXR4iONXGMSourceWork Pass | Work Permit | S Pass | Employment Pass | Dependant Pass | Long Term Visit Pass | Letter Of Consent
Employers of maids and other foriegn workers on work permits and S Passes will soon need to buy higher medical insurance coverage for their employees.They must buy plans with a minimum annual claim limit of $60,000 for hospitalisation and surgical procedures, up from $15,000 now.But they will no longer need…
Employers in the services and manufacturing sectors will be able to hire foreign workers under work permits instead of S Passes from next year.Currently, some employers hire manual workers on S Passes instead of work permits due to restrictions on the countries where work permit holders can be hired.From September…
Foreign professionals looking to work in Singapore will soon need to pass a new evaluation process that takes into account factors such as their educational qualifications and whether the hiring company does not overly rely on workers from a single nationality.From Sept 2023, new Employment Pass (EP) applicants not only…
Singapore announced new vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) for Vietnam and Greece on Friday (Mar 4), while extending the quarantine-free arrangement to more cities in Malaysia, Indonesia and India. From Mar 16, the air VTL for Malaysia will extend beyond Kuala Lumpur to include Penang, starting with four daily flights each way…
SINGAPORE: From April, employers will have to buy a primary care plan for migrant workers as part of their work pass requirements, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced on Saturday (Feb 19).This will apply to work permit and S Pass holders who live in dormitories, as well as those working in the…