If you are deploying your work pass holders to your client’s premises to provide your company’s services under a service agreement (Contract for Service), you are allowed to do so if you meet all of the following conditions:
- The work carried out corresponds to the occupation and sector stated in their work passes.
- The activity to be performed at your client’s premises is the same as your company’s declared business activity.
- Your company remains as the employer, and directly supervises the work of the work pass holders and pays their salaries.
If you are a company or an employment agency looking to supply labour services
You are not allowed to provide supply of labour services. This means that you cannot deploy your work pass holders to a client’s company for the sole purpose of supplementing its workforce.
The supply of labour services is only allowed under certain conditions for the construction and process sectors.
Scenarios where sending work pass holders to work at a client’s place is allowed or not allowed
- Allowed: A cleaning firm that is providing cleaning services to a condominium.
- Allowed: A power generator manufacturer that is installing or repairing the generator at a client's factory.
- Not allowed: A Food & Beverage (F&B) outlet (i.e. the employer) that deploys its workers (e.g. cooks and waiters) to an F&B outlet owned by another entity, where the employer does not supervise the work of the workers nor pay their salaries.
- Not allowed: A labour contracting services firm or employment agency that hires work pass holders of occupations unrelated to its business activities (for example, cooks, waiters, factory workers and sales representatives) and deploy them to work in their client companies for the sole purpose of supplementing their workforce.