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How to Start a Recruitment Agency in Singapore: EA Licence, CEI, and MOM Compliance

Singapore's staffing and recruitment sector is one of the most regulated service industries in the country. If your company — whether a headhunting firm, an FDW agency, or a corporate HR consultancy — places job seekers with employers, you need an employment agency licence Singapore before you accept a single placement fee. Operating without one [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-15T05:13:03+08:00July 15th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

How to Start a Recruitment Agency in Singapore: EA Licence, CEI, and MOM Compliance Guide

Singapore is home to thousands of employment agencies — from boutique headhunters placing C-suite executives to large operations placing migrant domestic workers. Behind every licensed agency sits a framework that most aspiring founders underestimate: the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) employment agency licence, the mandatory Certificate of Employment Intermediaries (CEI), a security bond of up to [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-13T05:16:50+08:00July 13th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

Singapore Labour Market Q1 2026: Key Takeaways for Foreign Hiring Decisions

The Ministry of Manpower published its Singapore Labour Market Q1 2026 report on 30 May 2026, providing the most current picture of employment conditions, wage trends, and foreign workforce flows in Singapore. For employers making hiring decisions — particularly those considering Employment Pass or S Pass applications — the Q1 2026 data provides essential context [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-10T09:52:02+08:00July 10th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

Singapore Public Holidays 2027: Employer Compliance Guide

On 18 June 2026, the Ministry of Manpower published Singapore's public holidays 2027 — the official list of 11 gazetted holidays that every employer covered by the Employment Act must grant employees. Planning rosters, payroll runs, and leave calendars around these dates is a routine obligation that carries real cost consequences when done incorrectly. This [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-10T09:48:18+08:00July 10th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

SWDA Singapore: What Employers Need to Know (2026)

Singapore's training and workforce infrastructure changed on 1 July 2026. On that date, SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) merged to form a new statutory board — the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA). The consolidation, announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Budget 2026, brings together workforce development, skills funding, career conversion programmes, [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-10T09:46:20+08:00July 10th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

Singapore Public Holidays 2027: Employer Compliance Guide

On 18 June 2026, the Ministry of Manpower published Singapore's official public holidays for 2027. There are eleven gazetted public holidays in total, carrying the same entitlements that Singapore employers have managed for years — but with new dates, new day-of-week configurations, and at least one weekend fallout that triggers a substitution day under the [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-09T05:16:44+08:00July 9th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

SWDA Singapore: What Employers Need to Know About the New Skills and Workforce Development Agency

On 24 June 2026, the Ministry of Manpower announced the appointment of the inaugural board of the Skills and Workforce Development Agency — better known by its acronym, SWDA. The new statutory board launched on 1 July 2026, bringing together the two agencies that previously handled Singapore's workforce training and employment support: SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-09T05:15:22+08:00July 9th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Redesign: What Employers Must Do Before 30 November 2026

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 [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-08T05:27:34+08:00July 8th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

Singapore Public Holidays 2027: Complete Employer Compliance Guide

Singapore's Ministry of Manpower published the official list of public holidays for 2027 on 18 June 2026. There are 11 gazetted public holidays in 2027 — the same number as in 2026. Three of those eleven fall on weekends, including two on Saturdays, which creates specific compliance obligations for employers that are frequently mishandled at [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-07T05:24:55+08:00July 7th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

SWDA Singapore 2026: What the New Skills and Workforce Development Agency Means for Employers

On 1 July 2026, Singapore's workforce development infrastructure underwent its most significant structural change in a decade. The Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) officially came into operation, replacing both SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) with a single statutory board jointly overseen by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Ministry of Education [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-07T05:25:47+08:00July 7th, 2026|Hiring, HR Compliance and MOM Operations|

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