Employers Sanctioned for Submitting Fictitious Recruitment Records for Employment Pass Applications

85 Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower (a) in the past three years, how many employers were sanctioned for submitting fictitious recruitment records to justify Employment Pass applications; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider revoking the work passes of foreign hiring managers found complicit in such fraudulent practices.

Dr Tan See Leng: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) adopts a firm position against employers who attempt to circumvent our work pass framework and do not fairly consider local candidates, such as by advertising job vacancies on MyCareersFuture as a token measure or providing false information in their work pass applications.

Between 2023 and 2025, MOM took enforcement action against an average of 140 employers each year for not fairly considering local candidates. This includes incidents where employers had submitted fictitious advertisements or provided false information to MOM. Our enforcement actions range from written warnings to debarment from hiring foreign workers for up to 24 months. If foreign hiring managers are found to be complicit in such fraudulent activities, we will also take enforcement action against them. Such actions may include renovation of work passes and debarment from employment in Singapore.