Recruitment, contracts, payroll, workplace practices, MOM processes and employer compliance.
The Singapore Employment Pass is employer-tied — it authorises the holder to work for the specific company that applied for it. When an EP holder changes jobs, the process is not a transfer or amendment: the new employer must apply for a brand-new Employment Pass, and the employee cannot legally commence work at the new [...]
Singapore's construction industry has one of the most distinctive foreign workforce frameworks in the country. Unlike services or retail — where you bring in a handful of Employment Pass or S Pass holders — construction firms routinely operate with foreign worker ratios of 70, 80, even 87 per cent of their total headcount. The rules [...]
If you are a foreign professional searching for a job in Singapore, you may have heard that employers are required to advertise roles locally before hiring someone on an Employment Pass. That requirement — the Fair Consideration Framework Singapore 2026 — is more consequential than most job seekers realise. It affects how long a recruiter [...]
Tripartite guidelines on fair employment practices — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For employers and foreign talent applying for Singapore work passes. Practical 2026 guide.
Workplace Fairness Act 2025 — employer obligations — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For employers and foreign talent applying for Singapore work passes. Practical 2026 guide.
If your Singapore business employs Work Permit or S Pass holders, you pay a monthly foreign worker levy Singapore 2026 (FWL) for each of them. The levy is not a one-size-fits-all charge: the amount you pay depends on your sector, the skill level of the worker, and — critically — how close you are to [...]
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has raised the Singapore Work Permit age limit 2026 for non-domestic migrant workers. From 1 July 2026, new Work Permit applications are accepted for workers who are below 62 years old — up from the previous ceiling of below 61 years old. At the same time, the maximum employment age [...]
From 1 July 2026, the Singapore Work Permit age limit changed for both new applicants and existing holders. The maximum application age for new non-domestic Work Permit holders rose from 61 to 62 years old, while the maximum employment age for existing Work Permit holders increased from 63 to 64 years old. Both changes are [...]
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) raised the maximum application age for new non-domestic Work Permit holders from 61 to 62 years old, and the maximum employment age for existing holders from 63 to 64 years old, effective 1 July 2026. The Singapore Work Permit age limit 2026 change aligns the Work Permit framework with the [...]
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower announced in February 2026 that the qualifying salaries for the Employment Pass and S Pass will rise from 1 January 2027. The changes are moderate in percentage terms — but for any employer with foreign employees earning close to today's floors, the January 2027 date is not a distant deadline. It [...]