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Regulation 18

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012

Regulation 18

Liability for certain costs

Subregulation 1

Without prejudice to any written law, for the purposes of section 25(6)(f) of the Act, an employer of a foreign employee issued with an S pass, employment pass, personalised employment pass, work holiday pass or miscellaneous work pass shall bear and be liable for costs associated with training the foreign employee where the training is required by the employer except the Controller permits the foreign employee bearing such costs if the foreign employee consents in writing to bear such costs.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of section 25(6)(g) of the Act, an employer of a foreign employee issued with an S pass, employment pass, personalised employment pass, work holiday pass or miscellaneous work pass shall bear and be liable for any costs associated with repatriating the foreign employee except the Controller permits the foreign employee bearing such costs if the foreign employee consents in writing to bear such costs.