Singapore Public Holidays 2020 & Long Weekends: Disappear From Work For 40 Days

But if you’ve been feeling like this recently:

Then boy have I got some good news for you.

According to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) Singapore public holiday list for 2020, it looks like there’ll be 7 loooooong weekends if you plan your leave right.

And guess what?

After I took a closer look at the calendar, I discovered a way to take 11 days of leave to enjoy a grand total of… 40 DAYS OFF WORK!

Oh yeah… It’s real.

TL;DR: Singapore Public Holidays 2020

Long Weekends In Singapore 2020

So… How do you take 11 days of leave to get 40 days off work you ask?

I got you, fam.

1) January 2020 (3 days of leave)

• 1 Jan (Wed): New Year’s Day
• 2 Jan (Thu): Leave
• 3 Jan (Fri): Leave
• 4 – 5 Jan (Sat – Sun): Weekend

• 24 Jan (Fri): Leave
• 25 – 26 Jan (Sat – Sun): Chinese New Year/ Weekend
• 27 Jan (Mon): Chinese New Year Off

2) April 2020 (1 day of leave)

• 9 Apr (Thu): Leave
• 10 Apr (Fri): Good Friday
• 11 – 12 Apr (Sat – Sun): Weekend

3) May 2020 (3 days of leave)

• 1 May (Fri): Labour Day
• 2 – 3 May (Sat – Sun): Weekend
• 4 May (Mon): Leave

• 7 May (Thu): Vesak Day
• 8 May (Fri): Leave
• 9 – 10 May (Sat – Sun): Weekend

If you want a 10 day holiday for only 4 days of leave, take 5 to 6 May (Tue to Wed) and this could be you:

• 22 May (Fri): Leave
• 23 May (Sat): Weekend
• 24 May (Sun): Hari Raya Puasa
• 25 May (Mon): Hari Raya Puasa Off

4) July 2020 (1 day of leave)

• 31 Jul (Fri): Hari Raya Haji
• 1 – 2 Aug (Sat – Sun): Weekend
• 3 Aug (Mon): Leave

5) August 2020 (1 day of leave)

• 7 Aug (Fri): Leave
• 8 Aug (Sat): Weekend
• 9 Aug (Sun): National Day
• 10 Aug (Mon): National Day Off

6) December 2020 (2 days of leave)

• 24 Dec (Thu): Leave
• 25 Dec (Fri): Christmas Day
• 26 – 27 Dec (Sat – Sun): Weekend

• 31 Dec (Thu): Leave
• 1 Jan 2021 (Fri): New Year’s Day
• 2 – 3 Jan 2021 (Sat – Sun): Weekend

Oh, and just in case you’re wondering where’s Deepavali.

Well…

Deepavali falls on a Saturday in October so there’s no long weekend there.

But hey, you have no excuse not to partake in the festivities surrounding the Festival of Lights since it’s on a Saturday!

Plus, have you seen the yearly Little India Deepavali Light Up?

A Heads-Up If Your Company’s HR Is Damn Cui…

Did you know that under the amended Employment Act, which came into effect on 1 April 2019, ALL managers and executives regardless of salary level will be entitled to:

• A minimum of seven to 14 days of paid annual leave
• 11 paid public holidays
• 14 days of paid sick leave
• maternity protection
• childcare leave
• protection against wrongful dismissal, and etc.

When previously, only managers and executives earning up to $4,500 a month were entitled to this?!

This means that if you work on a public holiday, you are ENTITLED to an extra day’s salary at the basic rate of pay.

Alternatively, your employer and you can agree to substitute a public holiday for another working day.

This new rule applies to:

• Workmen (such as cleaners, construction workers, and machine operators) earning more than $4,500 a month
• Non-workmen earning more than $2,600 a month
• All managers and executives regardless of salary range

It always pays to know what you’re entitled to as an employee.

I toldja.

I got you, fam.