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Written Answer by Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng to PQ on Hillview Heights Condominium

Employment practices

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1085 OF 2022 FOR SITTING ON 4 APRIL 2022

QUESTION NO. 1718 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

NMP: Mr Raj Joshua Thomas

To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry can provide an update on any actions taken against the facility management firm of Hillview Heights condominium regarding the discriminatory clauses in a tender for security services that it had put out in September 2021.

Answer:

  1. MOM has suspended the work pass privileges of the facility management firm of Hillview Heights Condominium for including discriminatory requirements in their tender document. To avoid future occurrence of such incidents, MOM has also issued an advisory to Hillview Heights Condominium’s Management Corporation Strata Title (MCST) to remind them of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP).
  2. MOM takes a serious view of workplace discrimination and will not hesitate to take enforcement actions where necessary.