Foreign worker levy for construction sector to be raised by $200

Average levy per foreign worker will be further raised by $60 for the Manufacturing sector and $180 for the Services sector.

These are over and above the earlier increases announced in Budget 2010.

According to Budget 2011 delivered by Minister for Finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Government will introduce further Foreign Worker Levy increases for all sectors. Most of the additional measures shall be phased-in at six-monthly intervals from 1 January 2012 till 1 July 2013.

To manage the continued increase in demand for S Pass holders, the Government will also increase the levy rates for this category from $50 prior to the adjustments made on 1 July 2010, to $300–$450 by July 2013.