they could change jobs. Employers were not obliged to agree
for September
and this gave them great leverage over the worker. NOCs are
2020
now abolished.
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In Singapore, we still embrace bondage
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Although we do not use the term ‘kafala system’ in Singapore,
we too have such a system. In Singapore, migrant workers
cannot change employers (we also use the term ‘transfer’) until
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the current employer has given permission for him or her to do
case how?”
so.
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allowed a little job mobility, but it bene ts only the rarest worker.
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Currently, there are only two ways a migrant worker in Singapore
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can change employer wthout needing to get the current
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employer’s permission:
3 October 2020
In the last few years, our Ministry of Manpower (MOM) bas
Firstly, when, 40 days before the expiry of the worker’s
Work Permit (but see (b) below), the employer indicates
that he is not renewing it. Then the worker gets 20 days
(yes, only 20 days!) to look for a new job, otherwise, he
will be repatriated. Note that
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(a) If the employer chooses to renew the Work
Permit, the worker does not get the 20-day window
of opportunity to look for a different job. The worker
is stuck with the existing employer, whether he likes
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it or not (talk about bondage!) though he can resign
and accept repatriation;
(b) Even this 20-day window is only for workers in
the construction, marine and process sectors.
Workers in other sectors, such as manufacturing,
sanitation, services, do not even enjoy this.
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Secondly, when the employer has commited some
infringement, e.g. failing to pay salaries, then MOM, at its
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discretion, may give workers a few weeks to look for a
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new job without facing repatriation. Such permission from
MOM is entirely discretionary, is not enshrined in any
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written law, and therefore cannot be relied upon as a right.
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