First charge for Singapore employer using unlicensed recruitment agency
22 March 2013
Sadh Aakash Raman has become the first person in Singapore to be found guilty in court under revised laws banning use of unlicensed employment agencies, and will pay a $4,500 (£2,400) fine.
Fri, 22 Mar 2013
Sadh Aakash Raman has become the first person in Singapore to be found guilty in court under revised laws banning use of unlicensed employment agencies, and will pay a $4,500 (£2,400) fine.
In February 2011 Raman, the director of small retailer Times Supermarket , engaged Balaguru S/O Amirthalingam, which did not have a valid employment agency license, to submit a work pass application for a foreigner to work in the company, according to the country’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM). He again engaged the company in June 2011.
Raman pleaded guilty to using an unlicensed agency and was also convicted of illegally employing the foreign worker, an Indian national, found through the firm.
The court also found that Raman had never enquired whether Balaguru had the necessary license. A list of all licensed Singaporean employment agencies is available on the MOM website.
Click to read about the Singapore government's plan for its workforce over the next two decades, which includes the need for an extra 1m overseas workers.
Sadh Aakash Raman has become the first person in Singapore to be found guilty in court under revised laws banning use of unlicensed employment agencies, and will pay a $4,500 (£2,400) fine.
In February 2011 Raman, the director of small retailer Times Supermarket , engaged Balaguru S/O Amirthalingam, which did not have a valid employment agency license, to submit a work pass application for a foreigner to work in the company, according to the country’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM). He again engaged the company in June 2011.
Raman pleaded guilty to using an unlicensed agency and was also convicted of illegally employing the foreign worker, an Indian national, found through the firm.
The court also found that Raman had never enquired whether Balaguru had the necessary license. A list of all licensed Singaporean employment agencies is available on the MOM website.
Click to read about the Singapore government's plan for its workforce over the next two decades, which includes the need for an extra 1m overseas workers.
