OBS_VALUE: Singapore does not apply any Labour Market Tests per se. However, the contractual service suppliers applying for the S Pass need to earn at least SGD 2,500 (SGD 3,150/3,650 for financial services as from 1 September 2023) per month.  In evaluating EP and S Pass applications, the MOM takes into account whether an employer has (i) kept up support of local PMETs (i.e., professionals, managers, executives and technicians) in their employment and (ii) been responsive to government efforts to help them recruit and train more Singaporean PMETs. The threshold for qualifying salaries for EP and S Pass visa applicants has been regularly increased in recent years. The MOM noted that regular revisions of the salary criteria have slowed substantially the growth of EP and S Pass holders in recent years in favor of local work force. Also, the MOM benchmarks a firm’s Work Permit and S Pass quota entitlement against the number of its local employees by determining their Local Qualifying Salary (LQS) set by the MOM (https://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/progressive-wage-model/local-qualifying-salary).  The Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) was introduced in 2014 to encourage employment practices that are open, merit-based and non-discriminatory. Under the FCF job advertisement requirement, employers of Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass applicants must first advertise those vacancies for a period of at least 14 days on MyCareersFuture.sg. This is intended for employers to make positions known to the workforce in Singapore and fairly consider all candidates. See also: https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2020/0827-tightening-of-work-pass-requirements     