Singapore: 140,000 employers to get S$4 billion in Jobs Support Scheme payout

Under the scheme, firms can get up to 75 per cent of the first S$4,600 of gross monthly wages for each local worker subsidised. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network

SINGAPORE, July 19 (The Straits Times/ANN): Over S$4 billion under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) will be paid out to 140,000 employers from July 29 to help them retain their workers.

This will help businesses to pay the wages of some 1.9 million local employees in total, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Sunday (July 19).