SINGAPORE: Companies that flout workplace safety rules will face higher fines and longer stop-work orders under stricter measures announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Friday (Jun 26), as authorities respond to a recent spate of workplace deaths.
MOM said composition fines for safety offences detected during inspections will be raised from S$2,000 (US$1,500) to S$3,000 for first-time offenders, with steeper penalties for repeat or more serious breaches.Â
Firms issued stop-work orders will also face a minimum shutdown period of eight weeks, up from five weeks previously.
In the most serious cases, companies responsible for egregious safety lapses resulting in fatal or serious accidents may be barred from hiring new migrant workers for three months.
The tougher enforcement measures come after seven workers died in five separate workplace incidents over the past four weeks, bringing the total number of fatalities this year to 21 – up from 18 over the same period last year.
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