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Public Holidays for 2021 24 June 2020 Employment practices

1. The dates of the 11 gazetted public holidays for 2021 are as follows:

   New Year’s Day	1 Jan 2021	Friday
   Chinese New Year	12 Feb 2021	Friday
   	13 Feb 2021	Saturday
   Good Friday	2 Apr 2021	Friday
   Labour Day	1 May 2021	Saturday
   Hari Raya Puasa	13 May 2021	Thursday
   Vesak Day	26 May 2021	Wednesday
   Hari Raya Haji	20 July 2021	Tuesday
   National Day	9 Aug 2021	Monday
   Deepavali	4 Nov 2021	Thursday
   Christmas Day	25 Dec 2021	Saturday

2. The list of public holidays for 2021 is available on the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s website (www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/public-holidays). PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
3. 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.
4. Please refer to MOM’s website for more information on public holiday provisions under the Employment Act.

FOOTNOTE

1. As of 1 Apr 2019, all managers and executives are entitled to core provisions of the Employment Act, such as paid public holidays.

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