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NEWS · MOM · Employment practices · Foreign manpower · Work passes and permits

Age-biased recruitment: five employers barred for a year

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What the release reports

Five employers received twelve-month foreign-hiring and renewal bans for age preferences in advertisements or recruitment. The enhanced FCF penalties applied from January 2020.

Details and conditions

Wisdomtree sought teachers below thirty, equating youth with energy. Other cases involved event roles and medical, security or service recruitment. Employers must assess actual ability rather than age stereotypes.

Context and follow-up

The source annex gives individual cases. Confidential complaints can go to TAFEP. This administrative enforcement addresses fair hiring; a preference unsupported by genuine job requirements cannot be justified simply by a desired youthful image.

Official source

This report is independently written from the MOM release dated above. Case status, policy announcements and historical figures refer to that release.

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