Additional $5.1b of support to help firms, workers and households cope amid stricter Covid-19 measures

SINGAPORE - An additional $5.1 billion will be set aside to save jobs and support businesses and families as Singapore implements heightened safe-distancing measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

The enhancement to the Jobs Support Scheme will help workers keep their jobs, and enable businesses to resume operations quickly when the circuit breaker is lifted, he added. "I expect firms to make use of this JSS support to continue paying your workers and refrain from putting workers on no-pay leave during this period, or worse, retrenching them."

This payment will be credited directly into bank accounts by April 14, while higher tiers of Care and Support payouts for those with lower incomes and the additional $300 payment for parents with at least one Singaporean child under 20 will be brought forward to June, instead of August.

Thank you Sir for giving to the people the $600 for Singaporean adults . It is a very very good gesture on the Singapore govt to its people . It is not the amount but the Spirit behind it to know the govt is with its people . We got your back !

Noted on the latest PR adult to receive also $300. Can I ask how do we apply for the cash payout?

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