Adapting to tighter foreign manpower rules

“Even as we remain open to foreign manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to consider Singaporeans fairly.”

This is what Acting Minister for Manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin, said during the announcement of the new Fair Consideration Framework (FCF), released earlier this week, which requires employers to consider Singaporeans fairly before hiring skilled foreign professionals.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has been steadily tightening the flow of foreign professionals through a range of measures that are either already or soon-to-be in practice. These numerous changes will no doubt generate a number of challenges for employers when it comes to balancing the need for foreign and local employees within organisations.

Join us at Recruitment Interactive 2013 on November 28 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore, to hear a number of government and senior human resources professionals discuss this topic via a panel discussion, which will debate the following points:

• How has the new foreign manpower policy changed your recruitment strategy?

• Can organisations survive without, or with fewer, foreign employees?

• What is the right balance of local and foreign employees for different industries?

Panellists include Ow Seng Fong, divisional director of National Human Resources Division at the Ministry of Manpower; Patrick Ghielmetti, APAC VP of HR at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and Joy Roman, APAC head of talent solutions at 3M.

For more information on Recruitment Interactive 2013, to view the agenda and speakers, or to register, please go to our website.