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[TD] MOM today (23 Sep) announced new rules that require employers to consider Singaporeans fairly before hiring Employment Pass (EP) holders. Firms with discriminatory hiring practices will be subject to additional scrutiny and may have their work pass privileges curtailed.
MOM said that these changes will reinforce expectations for employers to consider Singaporeans fairly for job opportunities and enhance job market transparency.
“Providing better jobs and diverse opportunities to meet Singaporeans’ aspirations are the ultimate objectives of economic growth. Even as we remain open to foreign manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to consider Singaporeans fairly,” said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.
“Hiring-own-kind and other discriminatory practices that unfairly exclude Singaporeans run against our fundamental values of fairness and meritocracy”.
The new rules, known as the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) drew on feedback from Singaporeans who had submitted their views to MOM, through MOM’s Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) and from key stakeholders such as the NTUC and employer groups.
Mr Tan explained, “What we are doing is to put in place measures to nudge employers to give Singaporeans – especially our young graduates and Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) – a fair chance at both job and development opportunities. But fair consideration is fundamentally about attitudes and mindsets. It is neither possible to change mindsets overnight nor legislate the problem away. We must set expectations about what is acceptable and what is not. It requires persuasion, explanation, and leading by example.”
“The worst employers must be taken to task. This is the context for the Fair Consideration Framework,” he added.
Key features of the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF)
MOM expects all firms to consider Singaporeans fairly for jobs, based on merit. All firms are strongly encouraged to advertise their job vacancies and must ensure that jobs advertised are open to Singaporeans.
Firms making new EP applications must advertise the job vacancy on a new jobs bank administered by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). The advertisement must be open to Singaporeans, comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, and run for at least 14 calendar days. Advertisements on the new jobs bank will be free-of-charge.
These requirements must be met before an EP application is submitted to MOM. The firm will be required to state the advertisement ID number from the WDA’s jobs bank in its EP application for the foreigner.
These new rules will come into effect on 1 August 2014. That is, firms submitting new EP applications will have to comply with the advertising requirements from 1 Aug next year. Starting from the last quarter of 2013, MOM will conduct information sessions to brief employers of the new requirements. In mid-2014, the new jobs bank will be launched.
Also, MOM will be increasing the minimum qualifying salary for EP applicants to $3,300 from the current $3,000, starting from 1 Jan 2014. For older EP applicants, they will have to command higher salaries to qualify, commensurate with the work experience and quality they are expected to bring.
MOM said that it has not made this compulsory for firms submitting applications for S-passes or Work Permits, because there are other tools, such as levies and dependency ratio ceilings that spur firms to search for suitable Singaporeans before applying for an S-pass or Work Permit. It said it will monitor the hiring of S-pass and Work Permit holders closely, and consider extending the advertisement requirement to those jobs in future if necessary.
Another wayang.....WTF !!! One year later then start ???
One year later dont know how much trash already in Singapore...
One year later dont know how many Singaporeans already eating grass...
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[TD] MOM today (23 Sep) announced new rules that require employers to consider Singaporeans fairly before hiring Employment Pass (EP) holders. Firms with discriminatory hiring practices will be subject to additional scrutiny and may have their work pass privileges curtailed.
MOM said that these changes will reinforce expectations for employers to consider Singaporeans fairly for job opportunities and enhance job market transparency.
“Providing better jobs and diverse opportunities to meet Singaporeans’ aspirations are the ultimate objectives of economic growth. Even as we remain open to foreign manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to consider Singaporeans fairly,” said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.
“Hiring-own-kind and other discriminatory practices that unfairly exclude Singaporeans run against our fundamental values of fairness and meritocracy”.
The new rules, known as the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) drew on feedback from Singaporeans who had submitted their views to MOM, through MOM’s Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) and from key stakeholders such as the NTUC and employer groups.
Mr Tan explained, “What we are doing is to put in place measures to nudge employers to give Singaporeans – especially our young graduates and Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) – a fair chance at both job and development opportunities. But fair consideration is fundamentally about attitudes and mindsets. It is neither possible to change mindsets overnight nor legislate the problem away. We must set expectations about what is acceptable and what is not. It requires persuasion, explanation, and leading by example.”
“The worst employers must be taken to task. This is the context for the Fair Consideration Framework,” he added.
Key features of the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF)
MOM expects all firms to consider Singaporeans fairly for jobs, based on merit. All firms are strongly encouraged to advertise their job vacancies and must ensure that jobs advertised are open to Singaporeans.
Firms making new EP applications must advertise the job vacancy on a new jobs bank administered by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). The advertisement must be open to Singaporeans, comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, and run for at least 14 calendar days. Advertisements on the new jobs bank will be free-of-charge.
These requirements must be met before an EP application is submitted to MOM. The firm will be required to state the advertisement ID number from the WDA’s jobs bank in its EP application for the foreigner.
These new rules will come into effect on 1 August 2014. That is, firms submitting new EP applications will have to comply with the advertising requirements from 1 Aug next year. Starting from the last quarter of 2013, MOM will conduct information sessions to brief employers of the new requirements. In mid-2014, the new jobs bank will be launched.
Also, MOM will be increasing the minimum qualifying salary for EP applicants to $3,300 from the current $3,000, starting from 1 Jan 2014. For older EP applicants, they will have to command higher salaries to qualify, commensurate with the work experience and quality they are expected to bring.
MOM said that it has not made this compulsory for firms submitting applications for S-passes or Work Permits, because there are other tools, such as levies and dependency ratio ceilings that spur firms to search for suitable Singaporeans before applying for an S-pass or Work Permit. It said it will monitor the hiring of S-pass and Work Permit holders closely, and consider extending the advertisement requirement to those jobs in future if necessary.
Another wayang.....WTF !!! One year later then start ???
One year later dont know how much trash already in Singapore...
One year later dont know how many Singaporeans already eating grass...
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