Asia · Verified annual-leave guide

🇸🇬Singapore

Employees covered by the Employment Act who have worked at least three months receive a service-linked minimum starting at seven days.

Statutory paid annual leave7 days in year 1, rising to 14 days from year 8Annual-leave context

Comparable 5-day-week equivalent7 days at year 1; 11 at 5 years; 14 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.

Official sourceVerifiedSingapore Ministry of Manpower

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How to make your leave go further

Public-holiday planning

Chinese New Year is one of the strongest recurring opportunities, especially when adjacent to a weekend.
Hari Raya, Deepavali and Christmas can also create useful clusters depending on the year.
The statutory annual-leave floor is service-linked, so enter your actual contractual leave if it is higher.

Legal basis and comparison method

Employees covered by the Employment Act who have worked at least three months receive a service-linked minimum starting at seven days.

Equivalent by service length

1st year / first full entitlement	7 days
2 years	8 days
5 years	11 days
10 years	14 days
20+ years	14 days

Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Singapore Ministry of Manpower. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

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