- MOH’s Frequently asked questions (FAQs) including
- FAQs on the COVID-19 situation
- FAQs for Persons issued Stay-Home Notice (SHN)
- FAQs for Persons placed on Leave of Absence (LOA)
- MOM’s Frequently asked questions (FAQs) including
- Guidelines for employees who are travelling
- Precautionary measures
- Eligible claims and medical benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Quarantine matters
- Leave of Absence and Stay-Home Notice matters
- Temporary scheme to help businesses manage manpower disruption
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1 April 2020
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30 March 2020
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25 March 2020
- MOM entry approvals and Stay-Home Notice requirements for work pass holders from Malaysia
- All new and existing work pass holders (including dependants) planning to enter Singapore from Malaysia are required to obtain MOM’s approval before they commence their journey, regardless of the mode of travel into Singapore
- All affected work pass holders will be placed on a 14-day Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore
- Employer are required to declare that they have made housing and food arrangement for their employees
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24 March 2020
- Further measures to help companies cope with COVID-19 situation
- MOM will provide three-month extension of levy payment timeline for SMEs with immediate effect
- Levy waiver for up to 90 days with immediate effect for foreign workers on overseas leave
- Man-Year Entitlement refund for construction firms, whose work are disrupted due to COVID-19, for a period of six months staring from 1 April 2020
- Allow foreign workers to change employer if they are not needed
- Tighter measures to minimise further spread of COVID-19
- Existing measures for workplaces continue to apply. Employers should put in place measures to reduce close physical interactions amongst employees. Tele-conferencing should be used in place of physical meeting wherever possible. Where employees can perform their work by telecommuting from home, employers must ensure that they do so.
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23 March 2020
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22 March 2020
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18 March 2020
- Additional measures for travellers to reduce further importation of COVID-19 cases
- Singapore residents are advised to defer all travel abroad
- From 20 March 2359 hrs, all Singaporeans, PRs, Long-term pass holders Short-term visitors entering Singapore will be issued 14-day Stay Home Notice
- Short-term visitors who have visited Mainland China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, Spain in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit
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16 March 2020
- Advisory for employers on employees’ non-essential travel in response to updated travel advisory (COVID-19)
- HR policies
- Employers must set clear HR policies with regard to treatment of employees who travel outside Singapore during this period whether it is for work or otherwise
- Employers must communicate and explain the HR policies to their employees before implementing them
- Work-related travel plans
- Employers should review work-related travel and defer all non-essential travel.
- If work-related travel cannot be avoided, employers must ensure that their employees’ health is adequately protected in accordance with MOH guidelines
- Employers should accede to employees’ request to not go on any work-related travel and should not penalise them for making such a request
- Non-work-related travel plans by employees
- Employers should remind employees of MOH’s travel advisory to defer all non-essential travel plans to all countries
- For non-work related and non-essential travel outside Singapore, the employer may require the employee to use his own annual leave entitlements to cover the duration of any mandatory Stay Home Notice or company-imposed Leave of Absence.
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16 March 2020
- General advisory for workplace measures in response to DORSCON Orange situation in Singapore
- Business continuity plans and managing operations
- Employers may wish to consider split team arrangement for frontline staff to ensure continuity of services
- Employers are encouraged to allow backend staff to work from home where feasible or consider split teams to minimise interaction.
- Employers may consider measures to control and log access of visitors/customers to their workplaces, with temperature screening where necessary
- Taking care of employees
- Employers to take measures to safeguard the well-being of employees especially the vulnerable ones
- Employers are urged to be supportive of employees’ needs during this period if an employee needs to stay at home for non-work related reasons relating to the COVID-19 situation
- Employers must ensure that employees stay away from the workplace if they are on Stay-Home Notice
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15 March 2020
- Additional precautionary measures to prevent further importation of COVID-19 cases
- Defer all non-essential travel overseas
- Incoming residents, long-term pass holders
- Incoming residents, long term pass holders with travel history to Mainland China (excluding Hubei), Republic of Korea, Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, ASEAN countries, Japan, Switzerland or UK in last 14 days will be issued a Stay-Home Notice(does not apply to S’poreans and M’sians at land and sea crossings with Malaysia)
- Incoming short-term visitors
- Nationals of ASEAN country will have to submit requisite information on their health to the Singapore Overseas Mission in the country before their intended date of travel
- 14-day Stay-Home Notice for those from ASEAN countries, Japan, Switzerland, UK
- No entry or transit for incoming short-term visitors from Mainland China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, Spain
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13 March 2020
- Advisory on social distancing measures at the workplace
- Employers to adopt social distancing measures at the workplace, where practicable
- Adopt telecommuting or videoconferencing to allow employees to work from home
- Reduce duration and proximity of physical interactions
- Stagger working hours
- Defer or scale down non-critical events
- Implement or enhance shift arrangements
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13 March 2020
- Additional precautionary measures to prevent further importation and spread of COVID-19 cases
- Travel advisory and border restrictions
- Defer all non-essential travel to Italy, France, Spain and Germany
- Residents and long-term pass holders with recent travel history to Italy, France, Spain and Germany within the last 14 days will be issued with a Stay-Home Notice
- Social distancing
- Put in place precautionary measures for mass gatherings, including reducing the scale of event to below 250 participants where possible
- Put in place measures to reduce close contact of employees where feasible
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3 March 2020
- MOM Entry Approval and Stay-Home Notices extended to more countries
- All work pass holders with travel history to South Korea, northern Italy or Iran within the last 14 days and planning to enter/return to Singapore, to obtain MOM’s approval before commencing their journey
- All affected work pass holders will be placed on a mandatory 14-day Stay-Home Notice upon arrival to Singapore
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25 Feb 2020
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23 Feb 2020
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18 Feb 2020
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17 Feb 2020
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17 Feb 2020
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15 Feb 2020
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12 Feb 2020
- Leave of Absence Support Programme – Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Eligible employers can apply for $100 daily per affected worker for the required duration of paid LOA granted to the employee.
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10 Feb 2020
- Suspend all mass activities
- Stagger the usage of common dormitory facilities
- Arrangement for residents on LOA
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7 Feb 2020 (DORSCON Orange)
- Measures for employers and workplaces under DORSCON ORANGE
- Business continuity plans and managing operations
- Taking care of employees
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7 Feb 2020
- Advisory for employers and employees travelling to and from mainland China
- Summary of measures introduced for workers arriving from mainland China
- Actions to be taken by employers of foreign employees and mandatory declarations to MOM
- Inform and seek written acknowledgement from affected foreign employee of the LOA requirement
- Request for MOM’s approval 3 days before employee’s planned arrival date to Singapore
- Definition of quarantine and Leave of Absence (LOA)
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2 Feb 2020
- Advisory for dorm operators / landlords / management of premises/facilities |
31 Jan 2020
- New work pass applications and returning work pass holders from mainland China
- New work pass applications for foreign workers from mainland China
- Returning work pass holders with recent mainland China travel history
- Template for temperature tracking
- Template for travel declaration
Note: The above templates are for employers’ internal use to obtain health and travel declaration from employees.
They are for reference only, and will not be used for submission to MOM. |
28 Jan 2020
- New work pass applications and returning work pass holders from Hubei
- New work pass applications from Hubei
- Returning work pass holders from Hubei
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27 Jan 2020
- Precautionary measures for employers and employees
- Travel and health declaration
- Temperature checks and monitoring of health conditions of employees returning from China
- Flexible work, leave and salary arrangements
- Medical benefits
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