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Singapore: Increased restrictions in calculation of foreign manpower work pass quota

Announcement

06 Mar 2017

On 1 June 2017, the Ministry of Manpower announced additional restrictions in the calculation of foreign worker quota, conducted through an increased local worker salary threshold.

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2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

01 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 06 Mar 2017
Labour market access In force

Besides the immediate increase, on 1 June 2017, the Ministry of Manpower also announced a further in the salary threshold for Singaporean employees to be considered as full-time employees (FTE), wi...

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Implementation date

01 Jul 2017

Revocation date:

30 Jun 2018

Updated: 06 Mar 2017
Labour market access

On 1 June 2017, the Ministry of Manpower announced increases in the salary threshold for Singaporean employees to be considered as full-time employees (FTE), with the main purpose of calculating th...

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