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Both employers and recruiters who place candidates with employers should note that, in the face of difficult labour market conditions arising from COVID-19 and the Circuit Breaker movement restrictions affecting the conduct of business, MOM continues policies to strengthen job opportunities for Singaporeans to ensure the foreign workforce complements, and not substitute, the local workforce. Recognising the significant role played by labour market intermediaries in fair hiring practices, MOM will impose new anti-discrimination obligations for licensed Employment Agencies (EAs) from 1 October 2020. MOM will penalise EAs which fail to uphold fair hiring, and reward those EAs which show their strong commitment to fair recruitment practices and assist employers in strengthening their Singaporean core.
EAs should already be familiar with MOM’s Employment Agency Licence Conditions and should now be additionally aware of the new conditions MOM will impose in response to continuing complaints against discriminatory job advertisements. In brief, when recruiting on behalf of their clients, EAs will have to:
Where employers have specific needs and are looking to hire candidates with certain capabilities, we would be happy to review your and your EAs hiring processes, including job advertisements, candidate selection and other employment practices, for compliance with the enhanced Fair Consideration Framework and TAFEP. Please also refer to our Alert: Ministry of Manpower enforces fair and progressive employment practices against discriminatory employers for examples of discriminatory job advertisements and the recommended fair hiring practices.
The MOM will investigate all complaints against EAs and, should the MOM find the EAs failing to comply with any licence conditions, including the new conditions when these come into force, the MOM may penalise the EA as follows:
The MOM may also suspend the employer’s work pass privileges, or prosecute the employer.
For progressive EAs which demonstrate a strong commitment to fair recruitment practices and have helped employers to strengthen their Singaporean core, the MOM will recognise their contribution with a Human Capital Partnership (HCP) Mark, previously only awarded to exemplary employers. A HCP Mark holder will enjoy benefits such as:
MOM will also appoint selected EAs as Placement Partners under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package to assist local mature jobseekers, long-term unemployed jobseekers or persons with disabilities find full time employment or traineeships.
