How long am I only supposed to work if I am covered by the employment act?

You are entitled to 11 paid public holidays a year. If you are required to work on a public holiday, your employer should pay you an extra day’s salary or grant you off in lieu. The 11 gazetted public holidays are New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year – first and second day, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Good Friday, Labour Day, Vesak Day, National Day, Deepavali, Christmas Day.

You are entitled to your gross rate of pay on a public holiday if you were not absent on the working day before or after a holiday without consent or you are on authorised leave. The Employment Act states that if a public holiday falls on a non-working day, you are entitled to another day off or one extra day's salary in lieu of the public holiday.

Service and sales workers have the highest vacancy rate in Singapore. As the population grows, more and more commercial services ar ein demand. Next in line are Associate Professionals and Technicians, and Cleaners, Laborers and retail staff. These combined make up 13,000 vacanciies in Singapore which gives many opportunities to those who are in need of work.

As am employer, you can prevent misunderstanding from happening by adopting fair and responsible employment practices and treating your employees with respect. You can address your employees situation by providing proper grievance-handling procedures and informing employees that there are channels within the company that would help them resolve their issues.

In every company, there are people who work hard to feed their families. But there are some cases that the employer does not pay the employees at the right amount. Before you start your work, there is a contract that should be signed. All the terms and conditions are there and the benefits that you are gonna get. If the employer breaches the contract, you can demand them to the authorities if the company would not cooperate.

Claims usually made by the emplyees are statutory salary related claims from all employees that are covered by the Employment Act, Retirement and Re-employment Act and Child Developmen Co-Saving Act, Contractual salary-related claims not including domestic helpers andpublic servants and wrongful dismissal claims. Claims usually made by the employer are Claims for salary in lieu of notice for all employers.