What you should get if employer ask to work on your rest day?
An employee covered under Part IV of the Employment Act is entitled to breaks, overtime pay and rest days. This does not extend to executives and managers. A break is required once an employee performs continuous work for more than 6 hours. If continuous work is required for 8 hours, breaks of at least 45 minutes must be provided for meals.
How your Rest Day be declare in Singapore?
A rest day is a 24 hour period from midnight to midnight. The rest day of week is determined by the employer and it is not a paid day, typically falling on a Sunday. For shift work the rest day can stretch to a continuous period of 30 hours. If the rest day is not a Sunday, a monthly roster needs to be prepared before the start of each month. A maximum of 12 days interval is allowed between 2 rest days.
Work Pay Calculation during Rest Day
| If work is done | For up to half your normal daily working hours | For more than half your normal daily working hours | Beyond your normal daily working hours |
| At the employer’s request | 1 day’s salary | 2 days’ salary | 2 days’ salary + overtime pay |
| At the employee’s request | Half day’s salary | 1 day’s salary | 1 day’s salary + overtime pay |
Can employer give day off instead of pay if work on rest day?
A weekly rest day is important for an employee’s well-being. Your employer can only require you to work on your rest day under exceptional circumstances. Rest day pay is set at a higher rate to compensate employees for the extra hours worked. Your employer cannot give you time off instead of rest day pay if they ask you to work on a rest day, if you are covered under Part IV of the Employment Act.
Who is covered under Part IV Employment Act?
Part IV of the Employment Act, which provides for rest days, hours of work and other conditions of service, only applies to:
- A workman (doing manual labour) earning a basic monthly salary of not more than $4,500.
- An employee who is not a workman, but who is covered by the Employment Act and earns a monthly basic salary of not more than $2,600.
Part IV of the Act does not cover all managers or executives.
