Singapore legislation
Regulation 8AI
of Central Provident Fund (Revised Workfare Income Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2016
Regulation 8AI
Additional contributions payable for relevant month
Subregulation 1
Where a member satisfies all the requirements in regulation 8AA(b) except the requirement in regulation 8AA(b)(ii), but the Board has waived that requirement, the member is an eligible employee for a relevant month if —
the member’s wages as an employee for the relevant month from any one employer is $50 or less; and
an additional contribution is made on the member’s wages from at least one employer mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) in accordance with paragraph (2) to any account of the member in the Fund as the Minister may direct.
Subregulation 2
The amount of the additional contribution mentioned in paragraph (1) for the member’s wages from each employer mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) is —
$9, where the relevant month is or falls before the member’s 55th birthday month;
$8, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 55th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 60th birthday month;
$6, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 60th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 65th birthday month;
$5, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 65th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 70th birthday month; or
$4, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 70th birthday month.
Subregulation 3
Where a member satisfies all the requirements in regulation 8AB(b) except the requirement in regulation 8AB(b)(ii), but the Board has waived that requirement, the member is an eligible Group A worker for a relevant month if —
the member’s APE as a Group A worker in the relevant month from any one platform operator is $50 or less; and
an additional contribution is made in accordance with paragraph (4) to any account of the member in the Fund as the Minister may direct.
Subregulation 4
The amount of the additional contribution mentioned in paragraph (3) is —
$7, where the relevant month is or falls before the member’s 55th birthday month;
$7, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 55th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 60th birthday month;
$7, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 60th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 65th birthday month;
$5, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 65th birthday month, but is or falls before the member’s 70th birthday month; or
$4, where the relevant month is any month after the member’s 70th birthday month.
Subregulation 5
Where a member satisfies all the requirements in regulation 8AC(b) except the requirement in regulation 8AC(b)(ii), but the Board has waived that requirement, the member is an eligible Group B worker for a relevant month if —
the member’s APE as a Group B worker in a relevant month from any one platform operator is $500 or less; and
an additional contribution is made in accordance with paragraph (6) to the member’s medisave account.
Subregulation 6
The amount of the additional contribution mentioned in paragraph (5) is the amount specified in the Fifteenth Schedule that corresponds to the member’s age and the sum of the member’s total APE as a Group B worker for all the relevant months in the applicable year.
Subregulation 7
Where a member satisfies all the requirements in regulation 8AD(b) except the requirement in regulation 8AD(b)(ii), but the Board has waived that requirement, the member is an eligible employee‑platform worker for a relevant month if —
the requirements in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) are satisfied;
where the member is a Group A worker who worked as a platform worker in that relevant month — the requirements in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) are satisfied; and
where the member is a Group B worker who worked as a platform worker in that relevant month — the requirements in paragraph (5)(a) and (b) are satisfied.
Subregulation 8
To avoid doubt, regulations 8AG(3) and 8AH do not apply to references to a member’s wages or APE in a relevant month in this regulation.