Hire in Singapore,
compliantly,
without the complexity.

Singapore is the undisputed corporate, financial, and tech headquarters gateway to the 680+ million population ASEAN market.

Key Economic Clusters

• APAC Tech & AI Headquarters: Regional headquarters for leading global cloud platforms, AI labs, and consumer tech unicorns.
• Global Wealth & FinTech Center: World-leading private wealth management, family offices, digital payments, and MAS-regulated digital asset exchanges.
• Semiconductor & Advanced Biopharma: Over 11% of global semiconductor manufacturing and major global biopharma manufacturing (Pfizer, Moderna).

Regulated by the Singapore Employment Act (Cap. 91).

• Universal Protection: The Employment Act covers all managerial, executive, and professional employees regardless of salary.
• Key Employment Terms (KETs): Employers must provide written KETs in English within 14 days of start date.
• COMPASS Visa Framework: Foreign professional hires requiring an Employment Pass (EP) must score at least 40 points on the MOM COMPASS framework evaluating salary, qualifications, diversity, and local hiring support.

• Standard Hours: 44 hours per week (typically 8.8 hours/day over 5 days, or 8 hours/day over 5.5 days).
• Overtime Protections (Part IV): For non-workmen earning up to S$ 2,600/month and workmen earning up to S$ 4,500/month, overtime is compensated at a mandatory minimum of **150% (1.5× basic hourly rate)**, capped at 72 hours per month.

Annual Vacation & Medical Leave

• Annual Paid Vacation: Minimum 7 working days (Year 1) scaling by +1 day each year up to 14 working days per year (18–25 days is standard in multinational tech/finance).
• Paid Sick & Hospitalisation Leave: 14 paid outpatient sick days + up to 60 paid hospitalisation days per year.
• Public Holidays: 11 official gazetted public holidays.
• Maternity Leave: 16 weeks paid maternity leave for Singapore citizen children (funded by employer and government). Paid paternity leave is 4 weeks.

Personal Income Tax: Progressive rates: 0% (up to S$20k), 2% (S$20k–30k), 3.5% (S$30k–40k), 7% (S$40k–80k), 11.5% (S$80k–120k), 15% (S$120k–160k), 18% (S$160k–200k), 19% (S$200k–240k), 20% (S$240k–280k), 22% (S$280k–320k), 23% (S$320k–500k), and 24% on excess over S$500k/yr, declared annually via IRAS.

• Notice Periods: Statutory default: 1 day (< 26 wks service), 1 week (26 wks–2 yrs), 2 weeks (2–5 yrs), and 4 weeks (>= 5 yrs service), or as mutually agreed in employment contract (typically 1 to 3 months for tech/executives).
• Retrenchment Benefits: Advisory standard of 2 weeks to 1 month's salary per year of service under MOM tripartite guidelines.

• Instant APAC Headquarters Deployment: Onboard software engineers, sales directors, and regional VPs in Singapore in days.
• CPF, SDL & IRAS Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) Compliance: Seamless management of CPF retirement funds and electronic AIS tax filings.
• Employment Pass (EP) & ONE Pass Sponsorship: EOR handles MOM COMPASS points evaluation and work pass sponsorships.