You hold an Employment Pass sponsored by your Singapore employer. Then a second opportunity arises — perhaps a start-up invites you to join its board, or a business partner wants to appoint you as a director of a related holding company. The question is immediate and practical: does your Employment Pass allow this? The answer [...]
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Discover why candidate stability has become a top priority for Singapore employers and how to assess, attract and retain stable hires while meeting MOM, CPF and IRAS obligations.
Singapore is one of the most connected cities in the world, with world-class infrastructure, a stable business environment, excellent air links and a large community of internationally mobile professionals. It is also an expensive city, a city-state with strict immigration rules, and a jurisdiction that does not have a dedicated digital nomad visa. If you [...]
Singapore's research and higher education sector employs a significant proportion of foreign talent — from associate professors at NUS and NTU to principal investigators at A*STAR research institutes, research scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore, and visiting academics at private universities such as INSEAD and the Singapore Management University. For HR managers in these [...]
Singapore employers who have not yet used their SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) allocation are running out of time. The current SFEC tranche — worth up to SGD 10,000 per employer — expires on 30 November 2026. Unused credit is forfeited; it does not roll over. At the same time, a significant redesign of the SFEC [...]
The day a foreign professional's Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) status is approved, a new obligation begins for both them and their employer: CPF contributions. For Singapore Citizens and PRs from their third year of residence, CPF contribution rates are well-established — 17% employer, 20% employee for those aged 55 and below. What catches many new [...]
Banking for new arrivals in Singapore: opening an account, credit cards, FX and remittance, fees in S$ and what documents you need in 2026.