{"id":29556,"date":"2019-04-26T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/?page_id=29556"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:04:47","slug":"paternity-leave-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/resources\/human-resource-immigration\/paternity-leave-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Paternity Leave in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Paternity Leave <strong>in Singapore &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>What Are the Conditions?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-81603\" title=\"Paternity Leave in Singapore\" src=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo-paternity-leave-in-singapore-400x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paternity Leave in Singapore\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo-paternity-leave-in-singapore-400x300-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo-paternity-leave-in-singapore-400x300-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Working fathers will not be entitled to two weeks of paid paternity leave in Singapore which will be funded by the Singapore government beginning 1 January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This includes those who are self-employed. \u00a0Paid paternity leave in Singapore, referred to as the Government-Paid Paternity Leave (GPPL) is applicable to working fathers who meet the following conditions for all births:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The child is a <a title=\"Citizen of Singapore\" href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/services\/immigration\/singapore-citizenship\/\">citizen of Singapore<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The father must be (or have been) lawfully married to the mother of the child between conception and birth.<\/li>\n<li>If you are self-employed, you must be continuously engaged in your occupation for at least 3-months prior to your child\u2019s birth and experienced a loss of income during the paternity leave period.<\/li>\n<li>If you are employed, you must have served with your employer for a continuous period of a minimum of 3-months prior to your child\u2019s birth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paid paternity leave in Singapore is also applicable to adoptive fathers if they meet the following conditions for all births:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The child is a citizen of Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>If you are self-employed, you must be continuously engaged in your occupation for at least 3-months prior to your child\u2019s birth and experienced a loss of income during the paternity leave period.<\/li>\n<li>If you are employed, you must have served with your employer for a continuous period of a minimum of 3-months prior to your child\u2019s birth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What Are the Entitlements for Paid Paternity Leave in Singapore?<\/h3>\n<p>Under the GPPL, fathers are entitled to two weeks of paid paternity leave. The number of GPPL entitlement per week will be dependent on how many days in a week you work. For example, fathers who worked 6-days in a week will be entitled to 12-days of GPPL.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a working father of a citizen born child (or EDD) either on or after 1 January 2017, you will be eligible for 2 weeks of paid paternity leave in Singapore. GPPL\u2019s per week will be capped at $2,500, including CPF contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Paid paternity leave in Singapore can be carried out in the following 3 approaches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By Default, Without Mutual Arrangement<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Using this approach, you will take 2 continuous weeks of GPPL within 16 weeks after your child\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Through Mutually Agreed Flexibility <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Using this approach, you will take 2 continuous weeks of GPPL any time within 12 months after your child\u2019s birth. The 2 weeks can be split into work days and be taken in any combination within that 12-month period.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By Calculating Actual Leave Days <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Using this approach, your 2-week leave will be times (X) by the number of working days in that week. This is capped at 6-working days per week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Applying for Paternity Leave in Singapore<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To apply for your paid paternity leave in Singapore, or to claim reimbursement, you may do so through the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.profamilyleave.msf.gov.sg\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profamilyleave.msf.gov.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profamilyleave<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call\u00a0<a title=\"call profamilyleave.gov.sg\" href=\"tel:18002534757\">1800 253 4757<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Email\u00a0<a title=\"Email to profamilyleave.gov.sg\" href=\"mailto:contactus@profamilyleave.gov.sg\">contactus@profamilyleave.gov.sg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Paternity Leave in Singapore &#8211;\u00a0What Are the Conditions? Working fathers will not be entitled to two weeks of paid paternity leave in Singapore which will be funded by the Singapore government beginning 1 January 2017. This includes those who are self-employed. \u00a0Paid paternity leave in Singapore, referred to as the Government-Paid Paternity Leave&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":81603,"parent":4006,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-29556","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105987,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29556\/revisions\/105987"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}