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Source:
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FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKER LEVY CONCESSION
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In March this year, during the Committee of
Supply, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian
Balakrishnan announced that the Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) levy
concession[1] will be extended to employers with disabled dependents[2],
or who are themselves disabled. |
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Employers may now apply for the FDW Levy
Concession (Persons with disability) from 15 September 2007. |
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Eligible employers will enjoy a
concessionary levy rate of $170 monthly. The application form and
detailed application procedure can be found on the Disability Portal at
www.disability.org.sg. |
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The FDW Levy Concession (Persons with
disability) will help families of persons with disability reduce costs
of caregiving where a full-time caregiver is needed. Caregiving
assistance is needed when the person with disability is unable to cope
with one or more of the activities of daily living - bathing, dressing,
feeding, toileting, transferring and mobility. |
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Employers applying for the levy concession
will need to obtain a medical assessment on the functional ability of
the person with disability in performing his/her activities of daily
living. |
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The medical assessments should be conducted
by appointed assessors, who are located island wide. A list of appointed
assessors can also be found on the Disability Portal. The cost of the
medical assessment will be borne by the applicant. |
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The FDW Levy Concession (Persons with
disability) will be administered by the National Council of Social
Service. For applications that are received on or before 31
December 2007 and are assessed as eligible, the concessionary levy
will commence on 1 October 2007 or the date of the application of
work permit for the FDW, whichever is later. |
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Given this longer timeframe, employers
need not rush to apply for the levy concession. For applications
that are received after 31 December 2007 and assessed as eligible,
the concessionary levy will commence on the 1st of the following
month after the application is approved. |
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For enquiries related to the FDW Levy
Concession (Persons with disability), please contact the
Disability Information & Referral Centre (DIRC), the one-stop
centre on disability related information and resources, at Tel:
1800-347-2222 or Email:
dirc@disability.org.sg. |
Issued by:
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH AND SPORTS
13 Sep 2007 |
[1] The FDW Levy Concession is
presently applicable to employers who are Singapore Citizens, aged
65 years old or above, or have young children/grandchildren below
12 years old or spouse/elderly
parents/parents-in-law/grandparents/grandparents-in-law aged 65
years old or above, who are Singapore Citizens and stay with the
employer..
[2] For this purpose, a dependant is defined as the employer?s
child, grandchild, spouse, sibling, sibling-in-law, parent,
parent-in-law, grandparent or grandparent-in-law who is staying
together with the employer. |
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Source:
www.mcys.gov.sg Press Release
13 Sep 2007 |
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