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Unpaid wages: documenting and pursuing your pay
Organise hours, amounts due, and payment dates before approaching the Labour Department.
Work, tax and retirementPaid annual leave: statutory and contractual entitlements
Check service length, leave records, and termination payments when reviewing annual leave.
Work, tax and retirementLeaving a job: notice and final-pay checks
Work through notice, final wages, leave, and employment documents.
Work, tax and retirementSeverance, long-service payments, and MPF offsetting
Service before and after 1 May 2025 must be distinguished when checking offsetting.
Work, tax and retirementYour first individual tax return: preparing BIR60
Prepare income, deduction, and allowance records and separate filing from payment deadlines.
Work, tax and retirementOrganising and transferring MPF after changing jobs
Distinguish contribution and personal accounts and check which benefits can be transferred.
Work, tax and retirementApplying for Old Age Living Allowance
Check age, residence, income, assets, and interactions with other allowances.
Work, tax and retirementAfter losing a job: employment services and financial support
Use job referrals and counselling while checking final pay, household finances and separately assessed support.
Work, tax and retirementHiring a foreign domestic helper for the first time: eligibility, contract, accommodation, and costs
Check Immigration eligibility and the standard contract, and plan wages, food, leave, insurance, medical care, accommodation, and travel.
Work, tax and retirementEnding a helper contract: notice, final payments, travel, and Immigration notification
Check notice and dismissal restrictions, itemise final payments, and retain evidence of each party's Immigration notification.
Work, tax and retirementTyphoons, black rain and extreme conditions: agree attendance, remote work and return arrangements
Check the prior agreement and official warning, communicate actual transport and safety difficulties, and review pay, leave and injury rules separately.
Work, tax and retirementObjecting to a tax assessment: the one-month deadline and payment are separate
Use the assessment's issue date, state precise grounds in writing with evidence, and remember that an objection does not automatically suspend payment.
Work, tax and retirementDifficulty paying tax: request IRD instalments and track surcharges
Apply before the due date with a realistic proposal and financial evidence; submission is not approval, and old relief announcements may not apply.
Work, tax and retirementFreelance and self-employed MPF: enrolment, relevant income and final contributions
Self-employed status, contribution relief and enrolment exemption are different; check the start date, contribution cycle and eMPF notifications.
Work, tax and retirementPaternity leave and payroll: notice, five days, forty weeks and birth evidence
Check leave and leave-pay eligibility separately and track each leave date and the date evidence reaches payroll.
Work, tax and retirementSick certificates and sickness allowance: electronic evidence, four days and balances
Distinguish absence, contractual full pay and statutory allowance, checking appropriate evidence, consecutive days and accumulated entitlement.
Work, tax and retirementLocate unclaimed MPF: the October 2026 enquiry transition
A forgotten account is not always statutory unclaimed benefits; enquiries move to eMPF on 5 October and withdrawal still has legal conditions.
Work, tax and retirementAvoid missing family tax claims: allowances, deductions and assessment years
Check spouse, child and dependant conditions for the assessment year and coordinate claims; an allowance is not a cash benefit.
Work, tax and retirementChoose an ERB retraining course: codes, placement support, fees and confirmed classes
Use the official course search, then confirm eligibility, selection, charges and the actual class with its appointed training body.
Work, tax and retirementBefore starting an apprenticeship: trade, registered contract, employer training and study
Use VTC's apprenticeship route to check the trade, employment, training contract, classes and responsibility for costs.
Work, tax and retirementRecognise work experience: RPL competencies, assessment and fee reimbursement
Find the industry's appointed assessment agency, match skills and experience, and follow reimbursement procedures after successful assessment.
Work, tax and retirementMeet a job-centre officer: advisory appointments, vacancy numbers and interview follow-up
Choose referral or individual advice, confirm the centre and appointment, and bring your CV, work constraints and vacancy numbers.
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