Singapore MOM Targets Directors Across All Entities After 407 Unpaid Salary Claims
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Updated · HRD America · Jul 10
Singapore MOM Targets Directors Across All Entities After 407 Unpaid Salary Claims
2 articles · Updated · HRD America · Jul 10
Summary
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower said directors can face penalties across all companies they control when unpaid salaries surface, rather than only at the first company under investigation.
The stance follows the KPA Engineering case, where 407 salary claims by migrant workers triggered probes into KPA Engineering, SK Industries and VVR Plant Engineering, which share director Ramu Palani Velu.
Velu has returned to Singapore, his passport has been impounded, and investigations under the Employment Act and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act are continuing.
More than 130 affected workers had found new jobs by July 7, while all needing alternative housing were rehoused and given Special Passes to stay and seek work.
MOM said it tracks warning signs such as worker feedback, late-payment patterns and levy defaults, and will distinguish genuine cash-flow distress from deliberate evasion or misuse of corporate structures.