Singapore's 140,000 businesses to get $4 bil to help keep workers


Under the scheme, firms can get up to 75 per cent of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages for each local worker subsidised.PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE, July 20 (The Straits Times/ANN) - Over $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).

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