Singapore govt to recover S$370 million in wage support wrongly paid out to firms

The mistakes occurred in applications submitted by companies in the construction, marine and process sectors. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): An excess of $370 million in wage support was erroneously paid out last year, after the Government used the wrong dates to determine the amount that 5,400 companies should get.

The same error also resulted in an excess of $1.2 million being paid out in foreign worker levy waivers and rebates to 360 companies.