Singapore legislation

Clause 26

Fair consideration

(1)

An employer must not apply under section 7(1) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 for a work pass belonging to a prescribed category of work passes unless —

(a)

the employer has published a job advertisement that satisfies the requirements in subsection (2);

(b)

the employer has considered, in good faith and in a fair and objective manner, all responses to the advertisement mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c)

under the application, the foreigner in respect of whom the application is made is to perform the job advertised in the advertisement mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(d)

under the application, the foreigner in respect of whom the application is made is to be paid a salary within the range advertised in the advertisement mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the job advertisement must —

(a)

be published in the prescribed manner;

(b)

be published for the prescribed length of time;

(c)

be published no more than the prescribed number of days before the date of the application;

(d)

state a salary range in the prescribed manner; and

(e)

comply with any other prescribed requirements.

(3)

Subsection (1) does not apply to —

(a)

any application of a type or class that may be prescribed;

(b)

any application made by an employer that employs fewer than the prescribed number of individuals; and

(c)

any application made by a prescribed employer.

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