Public Holidays for 2020
- The dates of the 11 gazetted public holidays for 2020 are as follows:
| New Year’s Day |
1 Jan 2020 |
Wednesday |
| Chinese New Year |
25 Jan 2020 |
Saturday |
| 26 Jan 2020* |
Sunday |
| Good Friday |
10 Apr 2020 |
Friday |
| Labour Day |
1 May 2020 |
Friday |
| Vesak Day |
7 May 2020 |
Thursday |
| Hari Raya Puasa |
24 May 2020* |
Sunday |
| Hari Raya Haji |
31 July 2020 |
Friday |
| National Day |
9 Aug 2020* |
Sunday |
| Deepavali |
14 Nov 2020 |
Saturday |
| Christmas Day |
25 Dec 2020 |
Friday |
*The following Monday will be a public holiday.
- The list of public holidays for 2020 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
- With the amendments to the Employment Act that had taken effect from 1 April 2019, all employers should note the following:
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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 time-off-in-lieu, based on a mutually agreed number of hours, for working on a public holiday for the following group of employees:
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Workmen earning more than $4,500 a month;
- Non-workmen earning more than $2,600 a month; and
- All managers and executives.
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For more information on the Public Holiday provisions under the Employment Act, please refer to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) website.