SINGAPORE - Employers who hire foreign workers will soon have to pay them higher minimum salaries.From September this year, the minimum qualifying salary for new Employment Pass applicants will be raised from the current $4,500 to $5,000. For the financial services sector, which has higher salary norms, the bar will…

Knowing where work pass holders are staying is crucial in cases such as emergency contact tracing. But in the last two years, 175 firms have been fined over $1.1 million in total for failing to promptly update the residential addresses of 960 of them.The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday…

With the ongoing Omicron wave of Covid-19 infections likely to hit many more people, businesses should implement continuity plans and adhere strictly to safe management measures (SMMs) to minimise operational disruptions.The Ministry of Health (MOH) issued this warning to employers on Friday (Jan 21), noting that the number of Omicron cases has…

Vaccination also will be a condition for the approval or grant of new long-term passes, work passes, as well as permanent residence from Feb 1 next year. Vaccination will also be required when renewing existing work passes.At the point of application, MOH said employers of work pass holders will be required to…

SINGAPORE - Vaccinated Singapore citizens can enter Malaysia from next week (Dec 20) via the Causeway when the two countries expand a quarantine-free travel scheme at the land borders.Likewise, vaccinated Malaysians will be able to enter Singapore via the Causeway without quarantine under the expanded land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme between…

SINGAPORE - From 11.59pm on Saturday (Dec 4), employers of all S Pass and work permit holders in the construction, marine shipyard and process sector will not be allowed to make new applications for foreign workers to enter Singapore via vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs).This will also apply to employers of…

 SINGAPORE - Companies that employ foreign workers here will soon be able to buy primary care plans to cover their workers’ healthcare costs.The plans, ranging from $108 to $145 per worker a year, will be offered by four healthcare providers. They have been appointed to run six regional medical centres here…

 SINGAPORE - The vaccinated travel lane (VTL) between Singapore and India will start on Nov 29 with six designated daily flights from three cities - Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.Applications for the vaccinated travel pass for short-term visitors and long-term pass holders from India will start at 6pm Singapore time on Monday (Nov…

SINGAPORE - From Dec 3, up to 3,000 fully vaccinated foreign workers living in dormitories will be allowed to visit public places each day. This works out to 21,000 workers per week, up from the current limit of 3,000 per week.Workers will also no longer be restricted to just Little…

Travellers from Indonesia and India will be able to enter Singapore under a quarantine-free travel scheme from Nov 29, in a move that will rebuild air links with two of Changi Airport's top three markets.In addition, travellers from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will be able to enter Singapore…