Eligibility, lead time and decision
Employers or company representatives apply at least three months before overtime starts and before a current exemption expires. Completion is estimated at 20–30 minutes; processing is 30 working days after complete supporting documents. Approval is decided by the Commissioner for Labour, and the linked prohibited-work list remains relevant.
Permissions and preparation
Assign MOM EMPLOYMENT E-SERVICES through Corppass eService Access, and verify it under Assigned eServices. Before application explain overtime entitlements to affected employees, obtain approved WSH-auditor risk-register endorsement for relevant workplaces, and obtain union consent where applicable. Use the updated union acknowledgement and risk-register formats; the service states old formats are no longer accepted.
All sectors: common documents
Provide company and exemption details, collective agreement if relevant, the latest signed contract/appointment letter containing KETs, employee handbook if relevant, three months’ pay slips/time records for five employees combined into one PDF, three months’ CPF records for all eligible employees, and an overtime-hours summary for ten employees in each affected occupation. Include affected employees’ acknowledgement and union acknowledgement for unionised companies.
Non-security and security differences
Non-security applicants add the approved WSH-auditor risk-register endorsement, documents showing steps to reduce overtime/exemption dependence, and applicable work schedule. Security applicants add the salary-structure form. The official user guide provides submission steps. Maintenance shown on the source is Thursday 8:30pm–Friday 1am and Sunday 8am–8pm.
Related topics and services
Official documents and references
- transact safely and securely ↗ Government source
- Apply for a Corppass account ↗ Government source
- Read article → · work activities ↗ PDF
- WSH auditors ↗ Government source
- Acknowledgement form signed by affected employees ↗ Government source
- Endorsement of risk register ↗ Government source
- Union’s acknowledgement form ↗ Government source
- Summary of overtime hours for 10 employees for each of the affected occupation ↗ Government source
- Salary structure ↗ Government source
- Summary of overtime hours for 10 employees for each of the affected occupation ↗ Government source
- user guide ↗ Government source