Wage support for F&B firms raised to 50% while dining-in is prohibited

THE government will raise its wage support for food and beverage (F&B) establishments to 50 per cent, up from 10 per cent, now that dining in has been disallowed in a fresh tightening of Covid-19 measures announced on Friday.

Under the Jobs Support Scheme, co-payment by the government will apply to the first S$4,600 of gross monthly wages paid to local employees during the period for which dining-in is prohibited.

Singapore authorities moved to restrict dining-in, while reducing social gathering sizes shortly after a new cluster with 46 cases, currently the largest, was discovered at Changi Airport.

Other restrictions include a reduction in social gathering sizes from five to two, while work-from-home will again be the default at workplaces. Indoor "mask-off" activities, such as strenuous indoor exercise, facials and saunas, will also not be allowed.

These measures will be in place from May 16 to June 13.

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