What does it cover?

The training grant covers 95% Absentee Payroll (no dollar cap). You can benefit from this when you enroll your employees in any of the following courses:

• Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) courses
  • All outcome-based courses offered by SSG-appointed CET centres are supported under the WSS scheme. Please click here to see the list of CET Centres offering such courses and their contact details.

Who can qualify?

Your employees will qualify if they meet these criteria:

• are a Singapore citizen;
• are aged 35 years and above on 31 December of the work year (aged 13 years and above for persons with disabilities);
• earn an average gross monthly income of not more than $2,300 for the months worked; 
• live in a property with an annual value of less than $13,000 assessed as at 31 December of the preceding year;
• own less than two properties;
• If married:
  • Together with spouse, and both own less than two properties; or
  • spouse’s assessable income for the preceding Year of Assessment is less than $70,000; and
• have signed up for any WSS qualifying courses.

You can up skill your employees by sending them to the Workfare Skill-Up Programme.

Workfare Skill-Up is a structured training programme to motivate individuals and provide them with foundational training, so that they are equipped with the basic skills for further training.

Individuals can  participate in literacy and numeracy training programmes under the WSQ Employability Skills (ES) framework. 

Under the Workfare Skill-Up Programme, you can enjoy:

• 100% course fee funding for WSQ Workplace English literacy and numeracy training; and 
• 95% Absentee payroll funding (no dollar cap) of their wage.

Who can qualify?

In 2016, your employees will qualify if they:

• are a Singapore citizen;
• earn a monthly income of not more than $1,900; and
• do not have a pass for GCE ‘O’ level English (or a lesser qualification in English); or have Employability Skills WSQ Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) Level 4 and below.