Treat workers fairly or lose Covid-19 support help: MOM

Singapore

COMPANIES that cut salaries or put staff on no-pay leave during the circuit breaker period will receive lower wage subsidies under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS), while those who treat workers in "irresponsible or unfair" ways may lose future support and the ability to hire foreign workers, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) warned in a statement on Thursday.

Introduced in the Budget and since enhanced, the JSS has been extended into May, in line with circuit-breaker measures being extended to June 1. In April and May, the scheme provides a wage subsidy of 75 per cent for the first S$4,600 of gross monthly pay of local workers.