S'pore PR fined for operating unlicensed employment agency
By Monica Kotwani | Posted: 31 January 2012 1901 hrs
SINGAPORE: A 30-year-old Singapore Permanent Resident has been fined S$50,000 for operating as an unlicensed employment agency.
De Luna Noriza Dancel is the first agent to be convicted as the principal offender since the revised Employment Agencies Act came into effect in April 2011.
She was also fined S$2,500 under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA) for employing her Filipino husband, Caladiao William Tolentino, who was without a valid work pass.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said De Luna was issued a licence in July 2010 to operate the RSD Consultancy & Services employment agency.
While still engaged as director of RSD, she set up another agency with William, without obtaining a licence for it.
She engaged William, who was then in Singapore on a social visit pass, to run the unlicensed agency.
He assisted her by posting job advertisements, sourcing for prospective employers and employees, and collecting agency fees.
De Luna's licence for her first agency expired in July last year, but was not renewed as she was being investigated by MOM for operating the unlicensed agency.
MOM said despite being under investigation, she continued with her unlicensed agency activities, and even set up a third agency, again without a valid licence.
De Luna and William were arrested in December last year.
- CNA/al
