Leave Entitlement
For employees and employers: check annual and sick leave, and how many unused days must be paid on leaving. Annual leave matches MOM’s own calculator. Parental leave below. Everything stays on your device.
Sources: MOM annual leave (incl. MOM’s calculator, compared 27 Oct 2026), sick leave, part-time leave, parental leave; MINDEF NS Make-Up Pay
① Your job
② This leave year (optional)
MOM: leave on a half working day (e.g. a Saturday half day) counts as a full day, unless the company treats it as half a day.
Full-time or part-time?
Leave is counted in days.
Your annual and sick leave
A full leave year gives 7 days.
Sick leave: 3 months 5/15, 4 months 8/30, 5 months 11/45, 6+ months 14/60.
Parental leave
Uses the start date and "as at" date above. Most of these leaves are paid by the employer first and reimbursed by the Government — claims are made on the Government-Paid Leave portal (profamilyleave.msf.gov.sg).
Employee and child
National Service (NS) call-ups
- NS is not a leave entitlement — employees must attend when called up. Plan ahead with the call-up schedules on the NS Portal.
- NSmen receive Service Pay, plus Make-Up Pay for any difference from their civilian income, so they do not lose pay.
- Make-Up Pay is generated automatically from the wages reported to CPF and paid within 10 working days of the start — no claim needed. View or amend it in the NS Portal’s Employee Payment Management. For how to pay the salary, use the NS card in the Payslip.
Childcare leave (Government-Paid)
Eligible5 days a year
Employer pays the first 3 days at the gross rate of pay; the Government reimburses the remaining days (up to 3 days, $500 a day incl. CPF).
- Pro-rated for the first year of service (9 completed months to 2026-12-31).
- Given each year until the year the child turns 7. Leave year is the calendar year unless agreed otherwise; unused days do not carry forward. Max 42 days per child.
- NDR 2026 announced more childcare leave with full Government reimbursement — start date not yet announced.
Maternity leave (Government-Paid)
Eligible16 weeks
First or second birth: employer pays the first 8 weeks at the gross rate of pay; the Government reimburses the last 8 weeks (up to $10,000 per 4 weeks, $20,000 in total).
Leave dates
- 16 weeks in one block: 18 Jul 2026 to 6 Nov 2026
- By agreement with the employer: first 8 weeks 18 Jul 2026 to 11 Sep 2026; the last 8 weeks flexibly between 12 Sep 2026 and 14 Aug 2027.
Leave can start any day from 4 weeks before the birth to the birth date.
- Give at least 4 weeks’ notice (or inform as soon as possible of the delivery), otherwise only half pay.
Shared parental leave
Eligible10 weeks shared between both parents
Employer pays for the weeks allocated to this parent, then claims the Government reimbursement (up to $2,500 a week).
- Shared between both parents, taken within 12 months of the birth; 4 weeks’ notice.
Unpaid infant care leave
Eligible12 days a year
Unpaid.
- Up to 24 days in total for each child.