The employee will be entitled to the Government-Paid Maternity Leave (GPML) under the new company if she meets the following eligibility criteria:

1. Child is a Singapore Citizen at birth or becomes a Singapore Citizen within 12 months from the child's date of birth (inclusive of date of birth)¹.

2. For employee²: She must have served the employer for a continuous period of at least 3 months before the child's date of birth.

¹ GPML can only be taken from the citizenship date onwards (for citizenship by registration) and within 12 months from the child's date of birth (both dates inclusive).

² If she fulfils all GPML criteria except being employed for a continuous period of at least 3 months before the child's date of birth, and the employer is willing to grant GPML to her, the Government may reimburse the employer the Government-paid portion of her GPML.

• Child is born on or after 1 Nov 2021.

• She must have served the current employer at the point of her child's date of birth.

• She has not claimed for GPMB in respect of the same child order.