# Staff employed, paid, yours to run.

URL: https://skillsforce.com.sg/services/contract-management
Title: Manpower Outsourcing in Singapore | Skillsforce
Description: Manpower outsourcing for Singapore employers: we employ, pay and support staff on your behalf, or support a pre-incorporation start-up with its first hires.
Service: Manpower Outsourcing

You have people who need to be employed, paid and supported in Singapore, without building out payroll and HR for a handful of staff. We employ them on your behalf: signing the contracts, paying CPF, issuing payslips, while you direct their day-to-day work. If you are not yet incorporated, we support your initial hiring so recruitment can start before the entity is ready. Arrangements are flexible and customisable, typically running from six months to several years.

## What is manpower outsourcing in Singapore?

Manpower outsourcing means a provider employs, pays and supports staff on your behalf while you direct their day-to-day work: signing contracts, paying CPF and issuing payslips, so you do not build payroll and HR for a small team. It suits a Singapore entity with no headcount to run, typically for six months to several years.

## What you get

- **Staff employment:** We sign the employment contracts, pay CPF and issue the payslips for staff who work under your direction, so the employer admin sits with us.

- **Payroll & CPF:** Salaries paid and CPF filed correctly every month for everyone on the arrangement, so statutory obligations are met on time.

- **Day-to-day stays with you:** You direct the work, the deadlines and the priorities. We handle the employment relationship sitting behind it.

- **Flexible, customisable terms:** Arrangements typically run from a minimum of six months to several years, and flex up or down as your headcount needs change.

- **Pre-incorporation hiring support:** Setting up in Singapore but not yet incorporated? We support your initial hiring, so recruitment does not wait on the entity.

## When this is for you

- You have a Singapore entity but no headcount to run payroll and CPF for a small team.
- You want extra staff working under your direction without adding to your own payroll headcount.
- You are a start-up ahead of incorporation and want hiring under way before the entity is ready.
- You want the arrangement customised to your timeline and headcount, not a fixed package.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is this the same as an Employer of Record (EOR)?

It is a manpower outsourcing arrangement, which works differently. Skillsforce employs staff only for a client that already has its own Singapore entity, and the client keeps direct control of the work. Where a company is not yet incorporated, Skillsforce supports its initial hiring before the entity exists, rather than employing anyone on its behalf.

### Can you employ staff for us if we don't have a Singapore entity yet?

If your entity is not yet incorporated, Skillsforce helps with your initial hiring so recruitment can start early; the actual employment begins once your Singapore entity exists, at which point we can employ agreed staff on your behalf under a manpower outsourcing arrangement.

### Who manages the staff day to day?

You do. You set the work, the deadlines and the priorities. We hold the employment relationship behind it: contracts, CPF and payslips, so the employer admin sits with us while the direction stays with you.

### How long do these arrangements run?

They are flexible and customisable, typically from a minimum of six months to several years, and flex up or down as your headcount needs change.

## Related

- [HR Solutions](https://skillsforce.com.sg/services/hr)
- [Payroll Processing](https://skillsforce.com.sg/services/payroll)
- [Setting up in Singapore](https://skillsforce.com.sg/services/hr/setting-up-in-singapore)
- [Hiring before incorporation](https://skillsforce.com.sg/services/contract-management/before-incorporation)
- [CPF rates for employers](https://skillsforce.com.sg/compliance/cpf-rates)
- [Continuity playbook](https://skillsforce.com.sg/guides/people-operations-continuity-singapore)