The amount MINDEF reimburses to your company is an automatically-generated estimate using Ordinary Wage and Additional Wage data submitted by employers to the CPF Board. This amount may not exactly match the amount that your company pays you as it is estimated based on CPF contributions in the past year.

Your company should continue to pay you what they would normally pay you per your regular pay schedule, as though you had not been away for ORNS activity. This amount should include the full sums of your basic salary and fixed allowance components that you are eligible for, as well as the additional payments (e.g., overtime pay) or regular variable payments (e.g., transport allowance, commissions) typically paid to you on a monthly basis.

In terms of additional and/or variable payments, your company can choose to determine the amount it would have typically paid to you, based on an average of your past regular variable payments received prior to your ORNS activity.

Your company is in the best position to decide the exact amount that should be paid to you. If you feel that your company did not pay you fairly, we encourage you to liaise directly with your company on this matter. You may also contact MINDEF for assistance.