SINGAPORE: The local qualifying salary, which stipulates the minimum amount companies must pay their local workers each month if they want to hire ...
Mrs Teo said this decision for a tighter foreign worker policy was carefully considered, with the Government avoiding “sweeping changes”.
With the changes spread out over two steps until 2021, employers are also given more time to adjust compared to previous rounds of tightening, she added.
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