Singapore parents are now entitled to government-paid maternity, paternity or adoption leave if they are employed on short-term employment contracts, have been recently laid off, or are newly employed before the birth or adoption of their child — under the Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill that passed parliament on 2 Aug 2021. The measures aim to improve family-friendly workplace policies and apply to children born, or for whom the intent to adopt, falls on or after 1 Jan 2021. However, applications will only be accepted from 1 Jan 2022, pending subsidiary legislation to implement the scheme.
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