SINGAPORE – More Singaporeans are now eligible for financial help if their jobs have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak and the measures taken to contain it.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Thursday (April 30) that the Covid-19 Support Grant would be expanded to include more Singaporean and permanent resident workers here.
The grant application has also been pushed back from May 1 to May 4 or 11, depending on the employee’s situation.
The grant was originally meant to support only those who had lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 situation.
The MSF said it will now also cover employees placed on involuntary no-pay leave for at least three consecutive months and employees who have had their salaries reduced by at least 30 per cent for three consecutive months.
These changes in employment or salary should have occurred after Jan 23, when the first Covid-19 case was detected in Singapore, said the MSF in a statement.Source link
