Business Guide Printer Friendly Version EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION As Brunei Darussalam’s small population currently cannot provide the manpower needed to implement all of its development projects, we continue to open our doors to skilled as well as unskilled foreign workers for work particularly in the construction and service-related sector. As most of the citizens are employed in the public sector, the Government continues to promote more local employment in the private sector. The push towards diversification and the promotion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is seen as the answer to the problem of over-dependence on public service employment. This will also drive entrepreneurial development and create job opportunities. Foreign workers have helped to ease the labour shortage and currently make up over a third of the workforce. Regulations and procedures on recruitment of foreign workers are straight-forward and the Government’s assistance is readily available in securing approval for foreign workers ranging from labourers to executive managers. Expatriate employment is controlled by a Labour Quota system from the Labour Department and the issuance of employment passes, by the Immigration Department. Each work permit issued to an expatriate is valid for a period of 2 years. Health screening comprising a blood test and chest x-ray are mandatory as part of the application process for a work permit. Working conditions are at par with international standards governed by the local labour ordinance. Average wage rates per month for private sector employees vary from B$450-500 for unskilled labour to B$1,000 for qualified secretaries.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:28:41 +0000
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