A logistics company Ti2 Logistics had already pre-selected the foreigner and offered him the job, and did not conduct interviews with other applicants.
Ti2 Logistics tried to circumvent this by posting an advertisement on the portal on July 10 last year as a paper exercise. At least 22 local candidates responded.
But the company, having already selected Zhou prior to the posting, did not review or consider any of these applicants.
In a statement yesterday, Ms Christine Loh, the director of employment standards enforcement from MOM's labour relations and workplaces division, s
"It is unacceptable for employers to treat the job advertising requirement under the FCF as a paper exercise," she said.