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If a parent’s employment ends after birth of the child (e.g. due to contract expiry, retrenchment, or resignation) before he/she has finished using their leave, will the Government grant a top-up of Government-Paid Maternity Benefits (GPMB), Paternity Benefits (GPPB), Shared Parental Leave Benefit (SPB) or Adoption Benefits (GPAB) for the unconsumed leave?
Parents whose contracts expire, or who are retrenched, before they were able to finish using their adoption / flexible maternity leave / paternity leave, will get a top-up under the equivalent benefit scheme. This recognises that the circumstances of their employment termination are beyond their control.
The top-up will be computed depending on the type of employment termination:
• For contract expiry, any leave that could have been taken before contract expiry, but was not taken will be forfeited. The top-up will be computed based on the Government-Paid leave entitlement that remains after the contract expiry date.
• For retrenchment, the top-up will be computed based on any unconsumed Government-Paid leave.
Parents who resign before they have finished using their adoption / maternity / paternity leave will forfeit all unconsumed leave. Such parents would have made considered decisions to leave their jobs.
For parent’s employment that ends before he/she finishes new Shared Parental Leave (SPL), please refer to this FAQ for more information.
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I am a parent with multiple employers and am also concurrently self-employed. How will my Government-Paid Leave Scheme (GPLS) claim as a self-employed person be processed?
My contract of service expired more than two weeks after my child’s date of birth. I did not manage to fully take my additional Government-Paid Paternity Leave (GPPL) before contract expiry or my employer did not provide me with any additional GPPL. Can I apply for a top-up of Government-Paid Paternity Benefit (GPPB)?
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I was retrenched after I had taken my two weeks of Government-Paid Paternity Leave (GPPL). I did not manage to fully take my additional two weeks of GPPL before retrenchment or my employer did not provide me with any additional GPPL. Can I apply for a top-up of Government-Paid Paternity Benefit (GPPB)?
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If parents are eligible for GPML, GPPL or AL, can they choose not to take the leave, and opt to get Government-Paid Maternity Benefit (GPMB), Government-Paid Paternity Benefit (GPPB) or Government-Paid Adoption Benefit (GPAB) in lieu of unconsumed leave?
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