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Singapore expects salary paid within 7 days of each pay period and key employment terms (KETs) set out in writing — role, pay, hours, leave and notice. Share the role, the work location and your intended start date, and PIO confirms the available arrangement for that specific hire, then coordinates the terms, payroll and leave around it.
Practical points to line up before you hire in Singapore.
For employees covered by Singapore's Employment Act, salary must be paid at least once a month and within 7 days after the end of each pay period, with overtime pay due within 14 days. Final pay timing then depends on how the employment ends — for example, the last working day when notice is served in full.
Source:Paying salary
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower expects employers to set out key employment terms — role, pay, working hours, leave and notice — in writing for employees within the Employment Act's scope, rather than relying on one formal contract.
Source:Key employment terms (KETs)
Employees become entitled to paid annual leave under the Employment Act once they have worked for the employer for at least 3 months. Track that threshold consistently alongside public-holiday treatment from the first day of employment.
Source:Annual leave
If the contract sets a notice period, that agreed period applies and must be the same for employer and employee. If it's silent, the statutory scale applies instead — from 1 day for under 26 weeks of service up to 4 weeks for 5 years or more. Notice must be given in writing, and either party may pay salary instead of serving it out.
Source:Termination with notice
Once your hire is confirmed, here's what we help you coordinate.
You stay in control of the decisions that are yours to make.
A straightforward path from sign-up to your employee's first day.
Share the role, the work location and your target start date, and we'll confirm the available arrangement for that hire.
Once confirmed, we help coordinate the information, contract and payroll setup needed within your arrangement.
You manage the day-to-day relationship; we help coordinate the recurring administration within your arrangement.
Singapore law does not require a single formal contract in every case. Instead, the Ministry of Manpower expects employers to set out key employment terms (KETs) in writing — covering role, pay, working hours, leave and notice — for employees within the Employment Act's scope. We help make sure the KETs in your offer are complete before the hire starts.
Source:Key employment terms (KETs)
For an employee covered by the Employment Act, salary must be paid at least once a month, within 7 days after the end of the pay period, with overtime settled within 14 days. Final pay timing depends on how the employment ends — for example, the last working day when notice is served in full, or within days afterward in other scenarios. We coordinate payroll processing to these timelines within your arrangement.
Source:Paying salary
Yes — Singapore is available for EOR hiring through PIO. Share the role, the work location and your intended start date, and we confirm the available arrangement for that specific hire before onboarding begins; the written arrangement then sets out how responsibilities are split.
Under the Employment Act, an employee becomes entitled to paid annual leave once they have worked for their employer for at least 3 months. We help track that threshold and coordinate leave records alongside public holidays for your hire.
Source:Annual leave
If your employment contract specifies a notice period, that agreed period applies and must be the same for employer and employee. If the contract doesn't specify one, the statutory scale applies as a fallback — from 1 day for under 26 weeks of service up to 4 weeks for 5 years or more. Notice must always be given in writing, and either party can choose to pay salary in lieu of serving it out.
Source:Termination with notice
Practical guidance is grounded in these official references, but local law and public requirements can change and should be reconfirmed. Your PIO contract and quote govern only PIO's service scope, terms and fees.
Sign up to start an EOR hire in Singapore. Share the role, the work location and your target start date, and we'll confirm the available arrangement — or book a demo first to talk it through with our team.
