Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment) Order 2019

No. S 196

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

(CHAPTER 91A)

Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy)
(Amendment) Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(1) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 1 April 2019.

Amendment of paragraph 16

2. Paragraph 16 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) Order 2011 (G.N. No. S 371/2011) (called in this Order the principal Order) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) of sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)

in any other case —

(i)	$300 for every month in respect of the first domestic worker employed by the employer; and
(ii)	$450 for every month in respect of the second or any other subsequent domestic worker employed by the employer.”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of sub‑paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)

the employer —

(A)	qualified before 1 April 2019 for the levy specified in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), by virtue of satisfying the conditions set out in sub‑paragraph (a) as in force immediately before that date; or
(B)	is 67 years of age or older on or after 1 April 2019;”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of sub‑paragraph (2)(b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)

the spouse —

(A)	qualified an employer before 1 April 2019 for the levy specified in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), by virtue of satisfying the conditions set out in sub‑paragraph (b) as in force immediately before that date; or
(B)	is 67 years of age or older on or after 1 April 2019;”; and

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of sub‑paragraph (2)(d) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)

the parent, parent‑in‑law, grandparent or grandparent‑in‑law —

(A)	qualified an employer before 1 April 2019 for the levy specified in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), by virtue of satisfying the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (d) as in force immediately before that date; or
(B)	is 67 years of age or older on or after 1 April 2019;”.

Amendment of paragraph 17

3. Paragraph 17(2) of the principal Order is amended by deleting the words “shall be payable by the employer from the first day of the month following the month in which” and substituting the words “applies in respect of that domestic worker starting on the date that”.

Amendment of paragraph 18

4. Paragraph 18 of the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “shall be payable by the employer from the first day of the month following the month in which” in sub‑paragraph (2) and substituting the words “applies in respect of that domestic worker starting on the date that”;

(b)

by deleting the words “, and that levy shall be payable from the first day of the month following the month in which the application to the Controller is approved” in sub‑paragraphs (3)(b) and (4); and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (4), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(5) Where the Controller approves an application under sub‑paragraph (3)(b) or (4), the levy specified in paragraph 16(1)(a) applies in respect of the domestic worker concerned starting on the date that the application was made.”.

Amendment of paragraph 19

5. Paragraph 19(2) of the principal Order is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “apply from” and substituting the words “apply starting on”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “the first day of the month following the month in which” in sub‑paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) and substituting in each case the words “the date”.

[G.N. Nos. S 701/2011; S 297/2012; S 666/2012; S 111/2013; S 372/2013; S 722/2013; S 420/2014; S 247/2015; S 258/2016; S 281/2017; S 532/2018]

Made on 28 March 2019.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[WP (C) 17:03 – Employment of Foreign Workers (Levy) Order; AG/LEGIS/SL/91A/2015/2 Vol. 2]

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