WORKFARE INCOME SUPPLEMENT PAYMENTS

WORKFARE INCOME SUPPLEMENT PAYMENTS

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Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) how many workers who qualified for the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) in 2009 to 2010 did not receive the payments; and (b) what are the reasons that the payments were not received.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) is automatically paid out to all eligible employees who receive CPF contribution from their employers. For eligible self-employed persons, they are required to not only declare their net trade income for the year but also to make the necessary Medisave contributions in order to receive WIS.

For work done in 2009, 317,000 Singaporeans received WIS. There are about another 18,000 self-employed persons who have declared their income for WIS but have not yet made their Medisave contributions. They will receive WIS if they do so by 31st December 2011. For work done in 2010, self-employed persons have until 31st May 2011 to declare their 2010 income, and until 31st December 2012 to make their Medisave contributions to receive WIS.

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