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 |