As Parliament continues to discuss employment practices in Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has responded to several questions from Members of Parliament (MP) on fair hiring, retrenchments linked to artificial intelligence (AI), workplace safety reporting, job mobility, and protections for employees who speak up.
Below is a summary of five written responses shared over the course of the week.
MOM takes firm action against fictitious recruitment records for EP applications
Responding to a question by MP Gerald Giam, MOM reiterated its firm stance against employers that attempt to circumvent the work pass framework or fail to fairly consider local candidates.
MOM said that between 2023 and 2025, it took enforcement action against an average of 140 employers each year for not fairly considering locals. This includes cases where employers submitted fictitious job advertisements or provided false information in Employment Pass (EP) applications, such as advertising vacancies on MyCareersFuture as a token measure.
Enforcement actions ranged from written warnings to debarment from hiring foreign workers for up to 24 months.
MOM added that if foreign hiring managers are found to be complicit in such fraudulent practices, enforcement action will also...
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