Singapore to give out S$900mil in support wages to over 570,000 workers

Employers who have made mandatory CPF contributions for their local employees for the months of April to July 2021 by the stated deadlines will qualify for the payouts. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): More than 43,900 employers will receive JSS payouts totalling over S$900 million from Sept 30 under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) to support the wages of over 570,000 local employees.

With this payout, more than $27.6 billion in JSS support would have been disbursed since the introduction of the scheme at the Unity Budget in February 2020, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) in a statement released on Tuesday (Sept 21).