Coronavirus: MOM to allow foreign worker transfers between sectors to help firms with manpower needs

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SINGAPORE - Work permit holders of any nationality will be able to take jobs in other sectors from Wednesday, as long as their current employers agree to the switch, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) said on Wednesday (April 1).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Work-permit holders of any nationality will be able to take jobs in other sectors from Wednesday, as long as their current employers agree to the switch, the Manpower Ministry said on Wednesday .

"With prior approvals for work-pass holders to enter Singapore being restricted to a very small number to reduce to risk of importation, MOM will be expanding the temporary scheme to help more firms hire workers who are already in Singapore," it added. As of Monday , this partnership between MOM and the Singapore Business Federation has seen a total of 280 Chinese work-permit holders hired by 490 companies in these sectors.But the expanded scheme - which allows such transfers across sectors regardless of the worker's nationality - lets companies facing a shortage of manpower to tap a bigger pool of experienced work permit holders.

 

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