新加坡人力部调查约45家樟宜机场运营相关公司：约270名外籍员工涉嫌以虚假申报持就业准证从事行李搬运
新加坡人力部11月2日发布公告称，该部正在调查约45家参与樟宜机场运营的公司，涉嫌违反《外国人力雇佣法》（EFMA），包括在工作准证申请中作虚假申报与非法调派外籍员工。
人力部是在近期一次对樟宜机场的检查中发现问题的：部分就业准证（Employment Pass）持有人被安排从事行李搬运工作，初步调查显示，这些准证申请中向人力部申报的薪资与职位涉嫌不实；另有其他类别工作准证持有人实际从事的行李搬运工作，也与准证上申报的职位不符。就业准证是新加坡面向外籍专业人士、管理与行政人员的工作准证，有最低薪资门槛，与体力搬运岗位并不对应。
截至公告时，调查已识别约270名调派方式可能不符合工作准证规定的员工，他们受雇于机场地面服务公司新翔集团（SATS）的承包商与分包商。人力部已指示 SATS 加强对所签约公司的监管，包括核实外籍员工的实际岗位与准证相符，并纠正合规缺陷。
人力部表示，调查仍在进行，若证实存在违法行为，将采取执法行动。按《外国人力雇佣法》，在工作准证申请中作虚假申报可被处以最高2万新元罚款、最高两年监禁，或两者并罚。人力部同时呼吁公众通过其线上举报服务报告涉嫌违规的工作准证行为。
Singapore's Manpower Ministry Probes About 45 Changi Airport Firms: Some 270 Foreign Workers Suspected of Doing Baggage Handling on Falsely Declared Employment Passes
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a press release on November 2 that it is investigating around 45 companies involved in airport operations at Changi Airport for suspected offences and infringements under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 (EFMA), including false declarations and illegal deployment of foreign workers.
During a recent inspection at Changi Airport, MOM found Employment Pass (EP) holders deployed to perform baggage handling services. Preliminary investigations suggest that the salaries and occupations declared to MOM for these EP holders were false. Other work pass holders were also found performing baggage handling work, which was different from their declared occupations. The Employment Pass is Singapore's work pass for foreign professionals, managers and executives, subject to a minimum salary threshold, and does not correspond to manual baggage-handling jobs.
Investigations have so far identified around 270 workers whose deployment may not have been in compliance with work pass regulations. These workers were employed by contractors and sub-contractors of SATS, the airport ground services provider. MOM has directed SATS to strengthen its oversight of the companies it has contracted, including verifying that foreign workers are deployed in accordance with their work passes, and rectifying any compliance deficiencies.
MOM said investigations are ongoing and it will take enforcement action if breaches of the EFMA are established. Under the Act, making a false declaration in a work pass application carries a fine of up to S$20,000, imprisonment of up to two years, or both. Members of the public aware of suspected work pass infringements are encouraged to report them through MOM's Report an Infringement eService.
来源：新加坡人力部
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