THE labour movement will help in administering applications and appeals for the government's Self-Employed Person Income Relief Scheme (SIRS) from April 20, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng said in Parliament on Monday, in the debate on the Resilience Budget introduced on March 26. Read more at The Business Times.
THE labour movement will help in administering applications and appeals for the government's Self-Employed Person Income Relief Scheme from April 20, National Trades Union Congress Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng said in Parliament on Monday, in the debate on the Resilience Budget introduced on March 26.
First announced in the supplementary Resilience Budget, SIRS will give three quarterly cash payouts of S$3,000 each to eligible self-employed Singaporeans, in May, July, and October. Some freelancers and self-employed have said they were worried about not having met the initial criteria, so it is good to hear about the broadening of criteria to include properties with annual value up to S$21,000, said Mr Ng. This eligibility change was announced in the latest Solidarity Budget introduced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday.
Mr Ng said that having spoken to Mr Heng and Manpower Minister Josephine Teo, NTUC will step up to administer the applications and appeals for the scheme. "We will try our best to push for inclusion and make this process as straightforward as possible," he added. More details will be shared by April 20.
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