Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Singapore as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Singapore: Advisories on COVID-19
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has issued advisories regarding employee travel, workplace and social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Singapore: Work Injury Compensation Act 2020
The new amendments to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2020 (WICA) are set to be fully rolled out this year …
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Singapore: New S$4 billion special support package for workers & businesses
From the end of July 2020, the government will provide an 8% wage subsidy for every local worker retained in their job …
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Singapore: Deadline for filing employee earnings
Participation in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) is compulsory from this year for all companies with 7 or more employees …
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Singapore: Employers risk “stiffer penalties” for unfair hiring
Past uncertainties about discrimination protection have been considerably removed by an amendment to the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 2009 …
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Singapore: New Work Injury Compensation Act 2019
The Work Injury Compensation Bill 2019, which was passed in Parliament in September, will enter fully into force on the 1st of September 2020 …
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Singapore: Higher minimum salary for S pass applicants
With effect from January 1st 2020, the minimum gross monthly salary threshold for S Pass applicants will be increased by 4 …
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Singapore: New educational qualification proof required for some applicants
Applicants from China applying for Employment Passes to Singapore must now provide proof of qualifications from one of the following these sources: The China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center (CHSI), China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Information (CDGDC) or Global verification agencies such as Dataflow or Risk Management Intelligence …
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Singapore: DFS offers retrenched employees better severance deal following talks with union
Duty-free and luxury goods retailer DFS has offered retrenched (redundant) employees an improved severance package following negotiations with the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union …
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Singapore: Real wages in private sector up 4.2% in 2018
According to latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower, after accounting for inflation total wages (including employer CPF contributions) in the private sector grew 4 …
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Singapore: Amendments to the Singapore Employment Act
The Employment Act has been amended to grant further rights and benefits to professionals, managers and executives, irrespective of pay level – which was the case until recently …
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Singapore: Local Qualifying Salary rate to rise
With effect from the 1st of July 2019, companies in Singapore that wish to hire foreign workers must pay their local employees a minimum of $1,300 (US$960) a month …
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Singapore: Fresh graduates from NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS earn $3,733/month on average
A survey of those graduating in 2018 from the top four universities in Singapore has found an overall improvement in the employability of engineers …
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Singapore: More protection for victims abused by intimate partners
The Law and Home Affairs Minister, Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam, has indicated that measures are in preparation to protect victims of violence from domestic partners and other family members …
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Singapore: Foreign worker quota in services sector to be cut to 35% by 2021
The maximum permitted ratio of foreign workers that a company in the services sector may hire will be reduced from 40% to 38% on January the 1st 2020, and to 35% on January the 1st, 2021 …
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