Over 2,500 people were caught for vaping-related offences in Singapore in the first three months of 2026 alone — and that figure was collected before the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act (TVCA) even came into force. From 1 May 2026, Singapore's workplace vaping landscape changed materially. The TVCA, which replaces and significantly strengthens the old [...]
On 1 May 2026, Singapore's Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 (TVCA) — formerly the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act — took effect in its amended form, bringing vaporisers squarely into the country's strict tobacco-control regime. For Singapore employers, the change is not merely a public-health footnote: it creates explicit legal duties on [...]
Singapore's Work Permit is the most widely held foreign worker pass in the country, covering workers in construction, marine shipyard, process, manufacturing, services, and domestic employment. For employers, Work Permit renewal is a recurring obligation that demands attention to timing, documentation, levy compliance, and quota maths. Get it wrong and the cost is not just [...]
From 1 July 2026, Singapore's Local Qualifying Salary (LQS) rises from S$1,600 to S$1,800 per month — the single most operationally disruptive wage-floor change for small and medium enterprises this year. The LQS is not a general minimum wage; it is the salary threshold a local or permanent resident employee must earn for the employer [...]
If your Singapore company employed five or more people at any point during 2025, you are now in the IRAS Auto-Inclusion Scheme — whether you signed up or not. The IRAS Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) is the mandatory electronic-submission regime that pulls employment income data from employers directly into employees' personal tax returns, and it is [...]
The Work Injury Compensation Act (WICA) is the part of Singapore's HR compliance stack that quietly bites only after something has gone wrong. For HR managers running foreign-worker-heavy teams — construction, marine, F&B, healthcare, manufacturing — WICA is the single statute that decides whether an injured worker is treated as a payroll line or a [...]
A 12-week HR runway, the September 2026 NTS-OL expansion, the levy refresh and the most common rejection patterns at Singapore Work Permit renewal in 2026.
The Workplace Fairness Act 2025 codifies protected characteristics, mandates internal grievance procedures and unlocks claims of up to S$250,000. HR action checklist for 2026.
From 1 July 2026, Singapore's retirement age rises to 64 and re-employment age to 69. Action checklist for HR managers, with EAP, Senior Employment Credit and contract guidance.
CPF Platform Workers 2026: 75% PCTS cash offset, mandatory cohort for those born after 1 January 1995, the contribution-rate ramp to 2029, and what it means for foreign platform workers.