Employers who "wilfully" refuse to comply with a Ministry of Manpower advisory on leave arrangements for employees with Covid-19 will have their work pass privileges suspended, reports Channel News Asia, citing a statement from Manpower Minister Tan See Leng. According to the advisory, employees who test positive for Covid-19 with no or mild symptoms should be allowed to be absent from work without a medical certificate. Employees should also not be asked to take no-pay leave for the period of self-isolation. Leng said in a written parliamentary reply that employers are expected to follow the positions set out in the advisories. Amid a surge in cases visiting hospitals, polyclinics or general practitioner clinics, authorities have said that companies should not request that infected employees produce a medical certificate.