As a platform operator, you need to pay both the platform operator’s and platform worker’s share of CPF contributions to CPF Board. You are entitled to recover the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions when paying your platform worker’s earnings for the month. For example, the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions for January can only be deducted from the platform worker’s earnings in January.

 

It is a serious offence to recover or attempt to recover any amount more than what is allowed from your platform workers’ earnings.

 

If you failed to recover the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions due to your error (e.g. system glitch, omission of CPF contributions due to platform operator’s oversight, wrong computation of platform worker’s share) before paying your platform worker’s earnings for the month, you cannot recover the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions from subsequent months’ earnings.

 

However, if the failure to do so was not due to your error, you must do the following before you can recover the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions from earnings payable by you to your platform worker:

• You have paid the CPF contributions to the Board, and
• You have either forwarded your platform worker’s written consent to CPF Board, or obtained CPF Board’s written permission on the matter.

This must be done within six months from the time the platform worker’s share of CPF contributions should have been recovered.