Salary criteria for Employment and S Pass holders to be raised: MOM

Details to be released soon; Minister Josephine Teo says employers should seek to achieve greater diversity within their EP and S Pass workforce

Lee U-Wen

Published Wed, Aug 26, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Josephine Teo

Singapore

THE government will make further adjustments to Singapore's foreign workforce policies, including raising the salary criteria for Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass holders.

This will "reflect the changed conditions" as there is now more slack in the labour market, due to the impact of Covid-19 and the economic disruption it has caused so far, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Wednesday.

Details are expected soon on the quantum and effective date for the higher salary criteria for EP and S Passes.

The last adjustment to the EP minimum salary fo…