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Over S$5.5b in Jobs Support Scheme payouts to be disbursed from Oct 29

More than 140,000 employers to get this support for wages paid in June, July and August

Vivienne Tay

Published Mon, Oct 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

OVER S$5.5 billion in payouts under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) will be disbursed to more than 140,000 employers from Oct 29, to subsidise the June to August wages of about 1.9 million local employees.

The latest payout brings the total amount of JSS support to more than S$21.5 billion, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) said in a joint statement on Monday.