Singapore Public Holidays for 2020
The Ministry of Manpower has released the dates of the 11 gazetted public holidays for 2020 as follows:
| New Year’s Day | 1 Jan 2020 | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese New Year | 25 Jan 2020 | Saturday |
| 26 Jan 2020 | Sunday | |
| Good Friday | 10 Apr 2020 | Friday |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2020 | Friday |
| Vesak Day | 7 May 2020 | Thursday |
| Hari Raya Puasa | 24 May 2020 | Sunday |
| Hari Raya Haji | 31 Jul 2020 | Friday |
| National Day | 9 Aug 2020 | Sunday |
| Deepavali | 14 Nov 2020 | Saturday |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec 2020 | Friday |
PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
The Ministry would like to remind all employers that under the Employment Act:
- An employee who is required to work on a public holiday is entitled to an extra day’s salary at the basic rate of pay.
- Alternatively, the employer and employee may mutually agree to substitute a public holiday for another working day.
- An employer also has the additional option of granting managers and executives, time-off-in-lieu for working on a public holiday. The time off should consist of a mutually agreed number of hours.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ON SATURDAYS
- Under the Employment Act, if a public holiday falls on a Saturday, an employee who is not required to work on a Saturday is entitled to another day off or an extra day’s salary in lieu of that public holiday.
[Source: https://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/public-holidays ]
