Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment) Order 2016

No. S 258

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

(CHAPTER 91A)

Employment of Foreign Manpower
(Levy) (Amendment) Order 2016

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.—(1) This Order is the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment) Order 2016, and except for paragraphs 4 to 10, comes into operation on 1 June 2016.

(2) Paragraphs 4 to 10 come into operation on 1 July 2016.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 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 inserting, immediately after the definition of “month”, the following definition:

“ “National Environment Agency” means the National Environment Agency established by the National Environment Agency Act (Cap. 195);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “process maintenance worker”, the following definitions:

“ “public drain cleaner” means a work permit holder who is employed by a contractor of the National Environment Agency to perform public drain cleaning work, and whose work permit states his occupation as public drain cleaner;

“public drain cleaning work” means the work carried out to clean those public drains and related drainage structures, canals and waterways the cleanliness of which the National Environment Agency is responsible to maintain, by activities such as removing litter, debris or bulky material from, or desilting or flushing, such drains, structures, canals and waterways;

“public waste collection worker” means a work permit holder —

(a)	who is employed by a person designated under section 31(3) of the Environment Public Health Act (Cap. 95) as a public waste collector licensee;
(b)	who, in connection with the employment, carries out activities such as collecting, removing or transporting waste from domestic and trade premises; and
(c)	whose work permit states his occupation as public waste collection worker;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “skilled process maintenance worker”, the following definitions:

“ “skilled public drain cleaner” means a public drain cleaner who has such academic qualifications, work experience, remuneration or any combination thereof, or who satisfies such other criteria, as the Minister determines suitable to regard the cleaner as a skilled public drain cleaner;

“skilled public waste collection worker” means a public waste collection worker who has such academic qualifications, work experience, remuneration or any combination thereof, or who satisfies such other criteria, as the Minister determines suitable to regard the worker as a skilled public waste collection worker;”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “unskilled process maintenance worker”, the following definitions:

“ “unskilled public drain cleaner” means a public drain cleaner who is not a skilled public drain cleaner;

“unskilled public waste collection worker” means a public waste collection worker who is not a skilled public waste collection worker;”.

Amendment of paragraph 15

3. Paragraph 15 of the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “referred to in sub-paragraph (2)” in sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the words “mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2), an unskilled public drain cleaner mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A)(b) or an unskilled public waste collection worker mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2B)(b)”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraphs:

“(2A) The levy payable by the employer for a month in respect of a general work permit holder who is a public drain cleaner from a non-traditional source is —

(a)	in the case of a skilled public drain cleaner, the amount of levy specified in the second column of item 1 of the Fourteenth Schedule; and
(b)	in the case of an unskilled public drain cleaner, the amount of levy specified in the second column of item 2 of the Fourteenth Schedule.

(2B) The levy payable by the employer for a month in respect of a general work permit holder who is a public waste collection worker from a non-traditional source is —

(a)	in the case of a skilled public waste collection worker, the amount of levy specified in the second column of item 1 of the Fifteenth Schedule;
(b)	in the case of an unskilled public waste collection worker, the amount of levy specified in the second column of item 2 of the Fifteenth Schedule.”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “of his” in sub‑paragraph (3), the words “, other than a skilled public drain cleaner mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A)(a) or a skilled public waste collection worker mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2B)(a),”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “skilled general work permit holder” in sub-paragraph (4)(c), the words “, other than a skilled public drain cleaner mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2A)(a) or a skilled public waste collection worker mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2B)(a)”;

(e)

by deleting the words “at the rate specified under sub‑paragraph (3) or (4)” in sub-paragraph (5) and substituting the words “at any rate specified in this paragraph”; and

(f)

by deleting the words “sub-paragraph (3) or (4)” in sub‑paragraph (6) and substituting the words “sub‑paragraph (2A)(a), (2B)(a), (3) or (4)(c)”.

Amendment of paragraph 31A

4. Paragraph 31A(1) of the principal Order is amended by deleting “$420” in sub-paragraph (a) and substituting “$450”.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

5. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Order is amended —

(a)	by deleting “$315” in the fourth column of item 1 and substituting “$330”; and
(b)	by deleting “$550” in the fourth column of item 2 and substituting “$650”.

Amendment of Fifth Schedule

6. The Fifth Schedule to the principal Order is amended —

(a)	by deleting “$420” in the fourth column of item 1 and substituting “$450”;
(b)	by deleting “$550” in the fourth column of item 2 and substituting “$600”; and
(c)	by deleting “$700” in the fourth column of item 3 and substituting “$800”.

Amendment of Sixth Schedule

7. The Sixth Schedule to the principal Order is amended —

(a)	by deleting “$420” in the second column of item 1 and substituting “$450”;
(b)	by deleting “$550” in the second column of item 2 and substituting “$600”; and
(c)	by deleting “$700” in the second column of item 3 and substituting “$800”.

Amendment of Seventh Schedule

8. The Seventh Schedule to the principal Order is amended by deleting “$550” in the second column of item 2 and substituting “$650”.

Amendment of Tenth Schedule

9. The Tenth Schedule to the principal Order is amended by deleting “$420” in the second column of item 2 and substituting “$450”.

Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule

10. The Thirteenth Schedule to the principal Order is amended by deleting “$550” in the second column of item 1 and substituting “$650”.

New Fourteenth and Fifteenth Schedules

11. The principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the Thirteenth Schedule, the following Schedules:

“FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 15

Levy payable for certain public drain cleaners

First column

Second column

Category

Levy payable

1.	Skilled public drain cleaner

$600

2.	Unskilled public drain cleaner

$950

FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 15

Levy payable for
certain public waste collection workers

First column

Second column

Category

Levy payable

1.	Skilled public waste collection worker

$600

2.	Unskilled public waste collection worker

$950

”.

[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]

Made on 31 May 2016.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[WP (C) 17:03; AG/LEGIS/SL/91A/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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