Singapore will be raising the qualifying salary requirements for Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass holders starting 1 January 2027, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced during the Budget 2026 speech.These updates are part of Singapore’s continued efforts to remain open to global talent while ensuring that Singaporeans remain at the…

Investigations are under way into what a support group for migrant workers brands a “job scam” centred on misuse of work passes. Training Employment Passes give foreign students and intra-corporate trainees the right to work here for three months, but they have allegedly been used to employ foreign workers in…

There will be no hard cap on how long a migrant worker can work here from July 1, 2025, in a move that is set to reshape Singapore’s foreign workforce for years to come.Currently, work permit holders can be employed here for a limit of 14 to 26 years. This…

SINGAPORE – From Jan 1, 2025, hawker stallholders will be able to hire from a larger pool of long-term visit pass holders in a move to mitigate rising manpower costs, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Koh Poh Koon told Parliament on Oct 14.Holders of these passes…

The trend follows the Labour Movement's advocacies to strengthen the Singaporean Core.As businesses adjust to policies such as the Complementarity Assessment (COMPASS) framework, the number of S Pass and Employment Pass (EP) holders continues to decline for the second consecutive quarter, according to the Manpower Ministry.The number of S Pass holders saw…

The monthly Local Qualifying Salary (LQS) for local employees (Singaporeans or Permanent Residents) will be adjusted from 1 July 2024 to keep pace with wage growth. The changes are as follows:LQS increased from $1,400 to $1,600.Half LQS limit increased from $700 to $800.Impact on Organisations' Work Permit and S Pass…

The number of Singapore resident professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) grew by 380,000 between 2013 and 2023, or more than seven times the growth of foreigners in similar jobs. Over the same period, the number of Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass holders increased by 50,000, Minister for Manpower…

A raft of changes to the foreign work pass system are set to keep up the skills bar of Singapore’s foreign workforce at all levels, while ensuring Singaporeans can get good jobs and enterprises here pursue innovation.Chief among these changes are an increase in the Employment Pass (EP) qualifying monthly…

Advance notice of the changes and relatively smaller composition of S Pass holders in the workforce compared to work permit holders said to cushion much of the effects of the increases The first of three increases in the minimum qualifying salary for S Pass renewals kicked in on Friday, but…

Housekeepers and porters have been added to a list of seven jobs in services and manufacturing for which employers will soon be allowed to hire work permit holders from a wider range of locations.The seven other jobs on the Non-Traditional Sources (NTS) Occupation List, which was unveiled during the 2022…