Singapore public holidays for 2019 announced

by Public Holiday News

Singapore, Apr 4th 2018

The Ministry of Manpower has announced the gazetted public holidays for Singapore in 2019. According to the release, there will be 11 gazetted public holidays in Singapore next year.

There will be four long weekends in 2019 which is less than the five in 2018, though all the weekend holidays fall on a Sunday in 2019, which means those for whom Sunday is a normal day of rest will enjoy a public holiday on the following Monday.

The highlight in 2019 is that National Day and Hari Raya Haji both fall on the same weekend in August, so most will enjoy a four day break from Friday 9th - Monday 12th August.

If you want to make the most of the holidays, note that two of them fall on a Tuesday (New Year's Day and Chinese New Year), so taking the Monday before those dates as a holiday, you will create a four or five day break.

In the statement, the Ministry of Manpower reminded all employers of the rules under the Employment Act.

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. 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 managers and executives, earning up to a basic monthly salary of $4,500, time off in-lieu for working on a public holiday. The time off should consist of a mutually agreed number of hours.

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