Price fixing of monthly salaries of new Indonesian Foreign Domestic Workers by Employment Agencies

Case Title

Price fixing of monthly salaries of new Indonesian Foreign Domestic Workers by Employment Agencies  

Decision Date

30 Sep 2011

Case Summary

The Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) issued an Infringement Decision against 16 employment agencies in Singapore for breaching the Competition Act (“the Act”). The agencies were found to have infringed section 34 of the Act, which prohibits, amongst other things, price fixing activities.

The 16 employment agencies are:

a)   Arrow Employment Pte Ltd
b)   Best Home Employment Agency Pte Ltd
c)   Comfort Employment Pte Ltd
d)   Crislo Employment Agency Pte Ltd
e)   Crislo Resources
f)    Homekeeper International Pte Ltd
g)   Jack Focus Management Pte Ltd
h)   Javamaids
i)    JPB International Services
j)    Maid Management Services Pte Ltd
k)   Nation Employment Pte Ltd
l)    Net Resources Recruitment
m)  Nora Employment Agency
n)   SLF Green Maid Agency
o)   Swift Personnel Pte Ltd
p)   TM Global HR Consultancy

The employment agencies engaged in anti-competitive conduct by participating in a meeting that attempted to collectively fix the monthly salaries of new Indonesian Foreign Domestic Workers (“FDWs”) in Singapore, with the object to restrict competition.

Further information on the investigation, analysis of the case and the basis of calculation of the financial penalty imposed on the infringing parties are set out in the Infringement Decision (ID) and the document is available here.

Useful links:

Infringement Decision and Media Release