longstebe wrote:It looks like the company are about to purchase a nice 40,000 sq ft building
in the Tuas area.
Does anyone know how many locals have to be employed per foreigner?
Does this depend on what line of work it is?
Is there a time frame on a new company setting up before they have to show they are hiring local people?
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... uotas.aspx
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... rkers.aspx
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... fault.aspx
Provision of Specialised Skills
* Providing expertise or specialised skills*:
1. The commissioning or audits of new plant and equipment (including any audit to ensure regulatory compliance or compliance with one or more standards)
2. In the installation, dismantling, transfer, repair, or maintenance of any equipment, processes or machine, whether in relation to a scale up of operations or otherwise.
* In relation to the installation, dismantling, repair or maintenance of any equipment or machine, the expertise or specialised skills shall be of a kind that is not available in Singapore or is to be provided by the authorised service personnel of the manufacturer or supplier of the equipment.
However, people who do not fall under the Work Permit Scheme, e.g., engineers, etc. who are degree holders or earning substantially more than "labour" does not fall under the WP quota system. There are no quotas for Employment Pass holders and aside from the "S" pass which straddles between the two types, there are no levies for Employment Pass holders.
As to how many can be hired before you hire a local? In today's climate here regarding our over-dependence on Foreign labour, you might find it hard in the first year to get sufficient Employment Passes unless you start off with only a handful of imported seniors staff. Ideally, the majority of your labour force would be subjected to what ever WP quotas you have and department supervisory force should be made up of locals initially. A lot depends on what technology you are bringing to Singapore. If it's a new technology, then the gahmen may well give you a break.
sms