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Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by JJ » 5th Feb, '10, 15:47

Whats the legal holiday entitlement for employees in Singapore. Is there a gvt set standard? I am googling but cannot find lah...

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Satellite » 5th Feb, '10, 15:50

govt standard is 18days?

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Scrummy Mummy » 5th Feb, '10, 15:53

I've known lots of people with less than 18 days. In my previous company admin staff started on 12 days

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Satellite » 5th Feb, '10, 15:57

Maybe the govt standard is just a recommendation. I know htat govt service is 18days /year

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Satellite » 5th Feb, '10, 16:01

do a google serach of "leave entitlement MOM"

1st option.

7days in first year of service :shock: for those earning bt 2K-4.5K/year
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Tas » 5th Feb, '10, 16:02

Mine was 14days in last company - don't accept that whatever!
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by JJ » 5th Feb, '10, 16:12

Thanks for the quick responses. I just wanted to check as I am hiring today :) and feeling generous... (well clearly as 7 days is frankly ridiculous).

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by JJ » 5th Feb, '10, 16:27

Thanks - clearly I am very tired.. was just typing Singapore paid holiday entitlement, entirely forgetting about MOM even though I seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time there this week....

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by baloo » 5th Feb, '10, 16:34

You're back in Singapore ?
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by JJ » 5th Feb, '10, 16:53

Doncha know... :D

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Post by Aliya » 5th Feb, '10, 17:49

I've done seen her, wine glass in hand, back into it :) welcome home JJ x
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Fat Bob » 6th Feb, '10, 09:03

Legal standards and actual holiday entitlement differ a lot. And I believe only those on a low salary are covered by the Employment Act.

The "norm" is 10-15 days plus 1 day for every year of service to a maximum of 20-25. However, these numbers are changeable, I've had one company offer me 28 days and another 15 days.
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by StellaAdey » 4th Mar, '12, 20:24

Apparently, it depends on the year or service http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practi ... fault.aspx

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by slinky » 5th Mar, '12, 12:55

Satellite wrote:7days in first year of service :shock: for those earning bt 2K-4.5K/year
No wonder the use of the MC is rampant around here :o

(And I thought the US was terrible with regard to paid holiday....)

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by BoD » 6th Mar, '12, 00:10

And now according to some new EU wonder directive, if you are sick while on holiday, you can claim a sick day and therefore get your leave back..
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by sluggo » 6th Mar, '12, 06:28

BoD wrote:And now according to some new EU wonder directive, if you are sick while on holiday, you can claim a sick day and therefore get your leave back..
That's the way it was where i worked in the US.
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Kooky » 6th Mar, '12, 07:18

I remember in the early 80s a colleague doing that - went to Tenerife and broke her arm, so swapped her leave to sick.

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Monkey Hanger » 6th Mar, '12, 16:13

BoD wrote:And now according to some new EU wonder directive, if you are sick while on holiday, you can claim a sick day and therefore get your leave back..
Has been the case in Luxoland for 15/20 years.

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by nev » 6th Mar, '12, 16:33

14-15 days a year is the norm, plus 14 days of paid sick leave, with a medical certificate. My current company adds an extra day per year of service, to a maximum of 22 days.

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by T2K » 6th Mar, '12, 18:34

Everyone at my company gets 15 to start, then 20 after 5 years (or in the 5th year?) of service. Plus one day birthday leave to be taken in the month of your birthday.

Aside from people below some low salary threshhold, I bet there is no set rules here. I mean, maids can be made to work 12 hours per day for weeks on end until the gracious new rule giving them one day off takes effect in 2013 or whenever.
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Pinklepurr » 7th Mar, '12, 08:01

Birthday leave, what a wonderful idea!
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Kooky » 7th Mar, '12, 08:03

Neo's place has just bought in anniversary leave, for the date employees started with the company.

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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Fat Bob » 7th Mar, '12, 08:09

We get a birthday bonus: $25.

And a long term benefit of $150 for 5 years, rising a $1000 after 20-30 years.

Hmmmm......
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Re: Holiday Entitlement Question

Post by Monkey Hanger » 7th Mar, '12, 17:10

35.5 days annual leave this year in the Luxembourg financial sector covered by our Collective Bargaining Agreement, plus 13 days of Bank Holidays.

Almost makes up for the crappy weather!

AS for all this "set number of days paid sick leave with a medical certificate" rubbish...........I never understood that. If you're sick, you're sick. End. Of. In Lux an employee needs to provide a doctor's note only if they are absent for 3 days or more. If I have a heavy cold or a touch of gastro, I don't want to haul myself of my deathbed to go to the doctor's and have him write me a note for one day to say I have a heavy cold or a touch of gastro.......it just doesn't make sense to me.

In the case of serious illness the company will pay the employee for the first 90 days absence and then the state takes over coverage (full pay) for a period up to 18 months. If it's then decided that the employee cannot return to work (his/her position with the employer is protected til this stage) then the state disability pension kicks in.

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