Public Holidays for 2019

1. The dates of the 11 gazetted public holidays for 2019 are as follows:

   New Year’s Day	1 Jan 2019	Tuesday
   Chinese New Year	5 Feb 2019	Tuesday
   	6 Feb 2019	Wednesday
   Good Friday	19 Apr 2019	Friday
   Labour Day	1 May 2019	Wednesday
   Vesak Day	19 May 2019*	Sunday
   Hari Raya Puasa	5 Jun 2019	Wednesday
   National Day	9 Aug 2019	Friday
   Hari Raya Haji	11 Aug 2019*	Sunday
   Deepavali	27 Oct 2019*	Sunday
   Christmas Day	25 Dec 2019	Wednesday

   ^* The following Monday will be a public holiday.
2. The list of public holidays for 2019 is available on the Ministry of Manpower’s website (www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/public-holidays).
   
   PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
3. The Ministry would like to remind all employers that 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.
4. For more information on the Public Holiday provisions under the Employment Act, please refer to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) website.