Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(3)

Conditions and regulatory conditions of in-principle
approval for S pass

Part I

CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY EMPLOYER OF FOREIGN
EMPLOYEE ISSUED WITH IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL FOR S PASS

1. Except as the Controller specifies otherwise in writing, the employer is responsible for and must bear the costs of the foreign employee’s medical treatment in Singapore.

[S 143/2017 wef 01/04/2017]

1AA. In paragraph 1, “medical treatment”, in relation to a foreign employee, includes any service, investigation, medicine, curative material, medical consumable, surgical implant or other item necessary for the medical treatment.

[S 275/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

1A. [Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

1B. [Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

1C. [Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

1D. [Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

2. The employer shall bear any medical expenses incurred by the foreign employee for any medical examination required by the Controller.

3. The employer shall not demand or receive any sum or other benefit from an employment agency or any other person in connection with the employment or change in employment of a foreign employee.

Part II

REGULATORY CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY EMPLOYER
OF FOREIGN EMPLOYEE ISSUED WITH IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL
FOR S PASS

1. The employer shall purchase and maintain medical insurance with coverage as prescribed in the Eighth Schedule for each 12-month period of the foreign employee’s employment (or for such shorter period where the foreign employee’s period of employment is less than 12 months) for the foreign employee’s in-patient care and day surgery except as the Controller may otherwise provide by notification in writing. Where the employer purchases group medical insurance policy for his foreign employees, the employer shall not be considered to have satisfied the obligation under this condition unless the terms of the group medical insurance policy are such that each and every individual foreign employee is concurrently covered to the extent required under the conditions in this Part.

[S 428/2023 wef 01/07/2023]

2. The employer shall send the foreign employee for a medical examination by a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997 as and when directed by the Controller.

[S 63/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

3. If the foreign employee goes missing, the employer shall inform the Controller within 7 days after the employer becomes aware of the foreign employee going missing.

4. If the foreign employee dies while in Singapore, the employer shall inform the Controller within 12 hours after the employer becomes aware of the foreign employee’s death.

Search within Legislation