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14 Jun 2021

Work Permit: hiring an existing construction worker without consent

Temporary quota system to moderate the number of transfers without consent in the Construction sector

 

MOM accepted SCAL’s proposal to introduce a temporary quota system to moderate the number of transfers WITHOUT CONSENT in the Construction sector, given the tight foreign labour situation caused by the global COVID-19 situation. Employers are assigned a quota for the number of transfers without consent they can take in over a 12-month period, based on their total workforce size. The temporary intervention took effect on 1 Mar 2021, and is currently in place until 30 November 2021

 

Size of total workforce Quota for transfers 
 0-19  2
 20-199  3
 200+  4

 

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