Singapore’s public holiday schedule for 2021

 ASEAN Briefing, Dec. 3, 2020:Singapore’s 2021 Public Holidays

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The Ministry of Manpower’s (MoM) has released the following dates of public holidays for 2021:

New Year’s Day

• January 1

Chinese New Year

• February 12-13

Good Friday

• April 2

Labor Day

• May 1

Eid-al Fitr

• May 13 (subject to change)

Vesak Day

• May 26

Eid-al Adha

• July 20 (subject to change)

National Day

• August 9

Deepavali

• November 4

Christmas Day

• December 25

In full: https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/singapores-2021-public-holidays/

 

Ministry of Manpower, June 24, 2020:Public Holidays for 2021

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PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY

1. With the amendments to the Employment Act^[1] that took effect from 1 April 2019, all employers should note the following:
   • An employee who is required to work on a public holiday is entitled to an extra day’s salary at the basic rate of pay, in addition to his gross rate of pay for that day.
   • Alternatively, the employer and employee may mutually agree to substitute a public holiday for another working day.
   • An employer also has the additional option of granting time-off-in-lieu, based on a mutually agreed number of hours, for working on a public holiday for the following group of employees:
     
     • Workmen earning more than $4,500 a month;
     • Non-workmen earning more than $2,600 a month; and
     • All managers and executives.

 In full: https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2020/0624-public-holidays-for-2021