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Published April 8th, 2026

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Summary

The Parliament of Singapore introduced Bill 13/2026 to establish the Skills and Workforce Development Agency by merging SkillsFuture Singapore Agency and Workforce Singapore Agency. The Bill, read for the first time on 8 April 2026, repeals two existing workforce development Acts and provides for consequential amendments to related legislation. Once enacted, the new consolidated agency will oversee career planning, training, job mobility, recruitment, and talent development programmes.

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The Skills and Workforce Development Agency Bill 13/2026 proposes establishing a new statutory body to assume the functions of SkillsFuture Singapore Agency and Workforce Singapore Agency. The Bill repeals the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016 and Workforce Singapore Agency Act 2003, consolidating Singapore's workforce development ecosystem under a single agency responsible for career, employment and training matters including career planning, training, job search, recruitment, and talent development.

Affected parties including employers, training providers, and educational institutions should monitor this legislative development as the consolidated agency will streamline workforce development programmes and may introduce new approaches to skills training, job redesign, and retraining initiatives. The Bill's passage will transfer existing workforce agency functions and obligations to the new entity.

What to do next

Monitor legislative progress of Bill 13/2026
Review operational implications of agency consolidation
Prepare for potential changes to workforce development programmes

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Skills and Workforce Development Agency Bill Status:
Published in Bills Supplement
on 08 Apr 2026
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| Skills and Workforce Development
Agency Bill |
Bill No. 13/2026

| Read the first time on 8 April 2026. |

| An Act to establish the Skills and Workforce Development Agency, to repeal the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016 and the Workforce Singapore Agency Act 2003, and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts. |

| Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: |

| PART 1
| PRELIMINARY |

| Short title and commencement |

| 1. This Act is the Skills and Workforce Development Agency Act 2026 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette. |

| Interpretation |

| 2. In this Act —
\| “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; \|

\| “authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 46(1); \|

\| “career, employment and training matters” means matters relating to supporting individuals and employers in their career and workforce needs, including career planning, training, general learning and skills development, job search, job mobility, recruitment, workforce planning, job redesign, retraining and talent development; \|

\| “Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14(1) to act in that capacity; \|

\| “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 32, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; \|

\| “commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other economic activity; \|

\| “committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 28; \|

\| “committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee under section 28; \|

\| “company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; \|

\| “delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 30(1) delegates any of its functions or powers; \|

\| “Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(b) as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency; \|

\| “document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; \|

\| “Finance Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; \|

\| “functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act; \|

\| “grant” includes a grant by way of reimbursement under a reimbursement arrangement; \|

\| “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 46(2); \|

\| “job redesign” means the review and reallocation by an employer of job duties and tasks among employees; \|

\| “member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10(1), and includes any individual appointed under section 14(2) to act in that capacity; \|

\| “officer”, in relation to a public body, means an employee of the public body and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the public body; \|

\| “permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; \|

\| “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988; \|

\| “reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made between the Agency and a service provider in respect of the provision of any career and employment services, or training, to a person eligible to receive any financial incentive, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where —
\| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \|
\| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \|

\| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \| \| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \|
\| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \| \| \| \| \|
\| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \| \| \| \| \|
\| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \| \| \| \| \| \|

\| “service provider” means a provider of career and employment services or a provider of training; \|

\| “Skills Development Fund” means the Skills Development Fund established under section 5 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979; \|

\| “subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 30(2) further delegates any of the Agency’s functions or powers. \| | “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; | “authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 46(1); | “career, employment and training matters” means matters relating to supporting individuals and employers in their career and workforce needs, including career planning, training, general learning and skills development, job search, job mobility, recruitment, workforce planning, job redesign, retraining and talent development; | “Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14(1) to act in that capacity; | “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 32, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; | “commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other economic activity; | “committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 28; | “committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee under section 28; | “company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; | “delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 30(1) delegates any of its functions or powers; | “Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(b) as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency; | “document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; | “Finance Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; | “functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act; | “grant” includes a grant by way of reimbursement under a reimbursement arrangement; | “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 46(2); | “job redesign” means the review and reallocation by an employer of job duties and tasks among employees; | “member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10(1), and includes any individual appointed under section 14(2) to act in that capacity; | “officer”, in relation to a public body, means an employee of the public body and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the public body; | “permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; | “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988; | “reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made between the Agency and a service provider in respect of the provision of any career and employment services, or training, to a person eligible to receive any financial incentive, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where —
\| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \|
\| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \|

\| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \| | (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | “service provider” means a provider of career and employment services or a provider of training; | “Skills Development Fund” means the Skills Development Fund established under section 5 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979; | “subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 30(2) further delegates any of the Agency’s functions or powers. |
| “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 46(1); | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “career, employment and training matters” means matters relating to supporting individuals and employers in their career and workforce needs, including career planning, training, general learning and skills development, job search, job mobility, recruitment, workforce planning, job redesign, retraining and talent development; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14(1) to act in that capacity; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 32, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other economic activity; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 28; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee under section 28; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 30(1) delegates any of its functions or powers; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(b) as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “Finance Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “grant” includes a grant by way of reimbursement under a reimbursement arrangement; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 46(2); | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “job redesign” means the review and reallocation by an employer of job duties and tasks among employees; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10(1), and includes any individual appointed under section 14(2) to act in that capacity; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “officer”, in relation to a public body, means an employee of the public body and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the public body; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made between the Agency and a service provider in respect of the provision of any career and employment services, or training, to a person eligible to receive any financial incentive, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where —
\| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \|
\| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \|

\| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \| | (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “service provider” means a provider of career and employment services or a provider of training; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “Skills Development Fund” means the Skills Development Fund established under section 5 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| “subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 30(2) further delegates any of the Agency’s functions or powers. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PRELIMINARY | Short title and commencement | 1. This Act is the Skills and Workforce Development Agency Act 2026 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette. | Interpretation | 2. In this Act —
| “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; |

| “authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 46(1); |

| “career, employment and training matters” means matters relating to supporting individuals and employers in their career and workforce needs, including career planning, training, general learning and skills development, job search, job mobility, recruitment, workforce planning, job redesign, retraining and talent development; |

| “Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14(1) to act in that capacity; |

| “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 32, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; |

| “commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other economic activity; |

| “committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 28; |

| “committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee under section 28; |

| “company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; |

| “delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 30(1) delegates any of its functions or powers; |

| “Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(b) as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency; |

| “document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; |

| “Finance Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; |

| “functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act; |

| “grant” includes a grant by way of reimbursement under a reimbursement arrangement; |

| “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 46(2); |

| “job redesign” means the review and reallocation by an employer of job duties and tasks among employees; |

| “member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10(1), and includes any individual appointed under section 14(2) to act in that capacity; |

| “officer”, in relation to a public body, means an employee of the public body and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the public body; |

| “permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; |

| “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988; |

| “reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made between the Agency and a service provider in respect of the provision of any career and employment services, or training, to a person eligible to receive any financial incentive, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where —
\| (a) \| the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and \|
\| (b) \| the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, \|

\| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; \| | (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; |
| (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | | | | |
| (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | | | | |
| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | | | | | |

| “service provider” means a provider of career and employment services or a provider of training; |

| “Skills Development Fund” means the Skills Development Fund established under section 5 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979; |

| “subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 30(2) further delegates any of the Agency’s functions or powers. | | “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; | “authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 46(1); | “career, employment and training matters” means matters relating to supporting individuals and employers in their career and workforce needs, including career planning, training, general learning and skills development, job search, job mobility, recruitment, workforce planning, job redesign, retraining and talent development; | “Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14(1) to act in that capacity; | “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 32, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; | “commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other economic activity; | “committee” means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 28; | “committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee under section 28; | “company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; | “delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 30(1) delegates any of its functions or powers; | “Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12(1)(b) as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency; | “document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; | “Finance Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; | “functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act; | “grant” includes a grant by way of reimbursement under a reimbursement arrangement; | “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 46(2); | “job redesign” means the review and reallocation by an employer of job duties and tasks among employees; | “member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10(1), and includes any individual appointed under section 14(2) to act in that capacity; | “officer”, in relation to a public body, means an employee of the public body and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the public body; | “permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; | “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function, but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988; | “reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made between the Agency and a service provider in respect of the provision of any career and employment services, or training, to a person eligible to receive any financial incentive, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where —
| (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and |
| (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, |

| the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | | (a) | the person so eligible receives the services or training for a charge; and | (b) | the service provider incurs costs and expenses in providing the services or training to that eligible person, | the service provider is entitled, under the arrangement, to reimbursement from the Agency of the whole or part of the charges or costs and expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or both; | “service provider” means a provider of career and employment services or a provider of training; | “Skills Development Fund” means the Skills Development Fund established under section 5 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979; | “subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 30(2) further delegates any of the Agency’s functions or powers. |
| PRELIMINARY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Short title and commencement | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. This Act is the Skills and Workforce Development Agency Act 2026 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Interpretation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2. In this Act —
| “Agency” means the Skills and Workforce Development Agency established by section 3; |