Why Hire in Singapore?​

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Capital City

Singapore city

Currencies

Singapore Dollar (SGD)

Population size

5,841,947

(est. 2024)

Languages spoken

English, Chinese, Tamil, Malay

Why hire staff in Singapore?

Our Services

Recruit Talent

Our recruitment service manages the entire process: planning, searching, screening, and evaluation, ensuring a seamless hiring experience.

Onboard Contractors

We handle hiring, onboarding, compliance, and payroll for contractors, letting your business tap into global talent for growth.

Run Global Payroll

Managing payroll across jurisdictions is complex and costly. We ensure timely, reliable payments for your employees and contractors worldwide.

Labor laws in Singapore

Working Hours

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Maximum hours of work

  • Employees are not allowed to work more than 12 hours a day. However, Employer can ask employee to work more than 12 hours a day in the following circumstances: 
  • An accident or threat of accident.
  • Work that is essential to the life of the community, national defense, or security.
  • Urgent work to be done to machinery or plant.
  • An interruption of work that was impossible to foresee. 

Overtime

  • A non-workman earning up to SGD 2,600.
  • A workman earning up to SGD 4,500.

For overtime work, your employer must pay you at least 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay. Payment must be made within 14 days after the last day of the salary period.

Probation Period

However, subject to the employment contract, the employer is legally allowed to terminate the job by giving notice (usually 1-2 weeks or as is mentioned in the employment contract) or by agreeing to pay salary in lieu of notice before the probationary period ends. 

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Benefits and Leave in Singapore

Annual Leave

The number of days of annual leave that an employee gets according to the number of service years.

Year of ServiceDays of leave
1st year of service7 days of leave
2nd year of service8 days of leave
3rd year of service9 days of leave
4th year of service10 days of leave
5th year of service11 days of leave
6th year of service12 days of leave
7th year of service13 days of leave
8th and thereafter14 days of leave

Sick Leave

  • 14 days per year if employed for 1-2 years,
  • 18 days per year if employed for 2-5 years,
  • 22 days per year if employed longer than 5 years.
Month in servicePaid outpatient non-hospitalization leave (days) Paid hospitalization leave (days)
3515
4830
51145
6 and above1460

Employee have to inform or tried to inform employer within 48 hours of the absence. Sick leave must be supported with medical certification by the company’s doctor, company approved doctor or a government doctor. 

Maternity Leave​

As a working mother is entitled to maternity leave of:

Criteria Minimum Entitlement
Worked for employer at least 3 months, Child is a Singapore citizen, Legally married to the child’s father. 16 weeks
Worked for employer at least 3 months. 12 weeks

Paternity leave

  • The child that was born is a Singapore citizen. 
  • Employees that are currently lawfully married to the child’s mother or had been married to her between conception and birth. (This requirement does not affect adoptive fathers). 
  • Employees must have served the same employer for a continuous period of at least 3 months before your child was born. 

Employees are entitled to 2 weeks of GPPL and each of those weeks will be capped at $2,500, including CPF contributions. 

GPPL can be arranged in three different ways

  • Default, without any mutual agreement. Within 16 weeks after the birth of your child, you’re entitled to paid absence in the form of 2 continuous weeks off.
  • Flexibly, by mutual agreement. Within 12 months after the birth of your child, you can take 2 continuous weeks off or split those weeks into working days and take them in any combination.
  • Calculating actual leave days. Multiply 2 weeks with the number of working days in a week. 

Health insurance

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Termination in Singapore

Termination with notice

Length of service Notice period
Less than 26 weeks 1 Day
26 weeks to less than 2 years 1 Week
2 years to less than 5 years 2 Weeks
5 years and above 4 Weeks

Employees who have fully served the required notice period, are entitled to Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions where applicable for the notice period salary that they receive. 

Termination letter

Termination without notice

Either employee or employer may terminate a contract without waiting for the notice period to end. You can do so by paying the other party compensation in lieu of notice (“notice pay”). This is generally money equivalent to the salary that you would have earned during the required notice period. 

Termination due to breach of employment terms

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Severance Pay

Social Security Contribution

  • The Singapore Central Provident Fund, or CPF, is a mandatory pension scheme for workers in Singapore.  
  • The contribution rate varies depending on the age, the wage band and the status of the employee (i.e. Singaporean citizen or Permanent Resident). The maximum amount of CPF contribution payable is based on a monthly salary ceiling of $6,000. Voluntary contributions can be paid in addition to the mandatory contributions. 
  • The employee’s share of CPF contribution is deducted from their salary by the employer during the monthly payroll processing. The employer is then required to pay the employer’s and employee’s share of CPF contributions monthly for all employees (Singapore citizens and Singapore PRs) at the rates set out in the CPF Act. The contributions payable should be based on the employee’s actual wages earned for the month. 
  • CPF contributions are not allowed for foreigners working in Singapore under an EP, S Pass or a Work Permit and Directors’ fees. 
Age of employee CPF contribution by employer CPF contribution by employee Total CPF contribution rate
Up to 55 years old 17%20%30%
55 to 60 years old 13%13%26%
60 to 65 years old 9%7.5%16.5%
Above 65 years old 7.5%5%12.5%

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Level 3, Prasert Sutt Building 360 Sanambinnam Nonthaburi Road,
Bang Krasor, Mueang Nonthaburi,
Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand

Singapore

#23-05. International Plaza, 10 Anson Rd, Singapore 079903

Contact Us

TH Phone : +66 (0) 97 106 9113
SG Phone : +65 9102 0303
Office Phone : +66 (0) 2 007 0971
Email : enquiry@inlps.com
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Our Hours

MON-FRI : 09:00 – 18:00

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