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Employment Pass holders to have minimum salary of $4500 from $3900; financial service employees to be paid at least $5000

Felicia Tan
Felicia Tan • 3 min read
Employment Pass holders to have minimum salary of $4500 from $3900; financial service employees to be paid at least $5000
According to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in an August 27 statement, this is the first time that the ministry has set higher qualifying salaries for a specific sector.
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Firms applying for new Employment Passes (EPs) for foreign employees will need to pay them at least $4,500, from $3,900 previously.

The changes will take effect from September 1.

EP holders from the financial services sector will receive a minimum qualifying salary of $5,000, a move that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) says it supports.

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