I am a senior – Overcoming the Crisis
I am a senior – Overcoming the Crisis
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I AM A SENIOR

 

 

 


For senior workers

  • Higher CPF contribution rates from 2022, gradually increasing till 2030
  • Wage offsets for employers who hire senior workers earning up to $4,000 a month
  • Grant for employers who provide part-time re-employment to eligible senior workers

 

Digital Pods

  • Classes on essential digital skills
  • From learning about features on your phone to social media and protecting yourself from risks
  • 40 short classes streamed live online twice weekly

Learn more

Seniors Go Digital Movement

  • Supporting seniors to adopt digital skills
  • One-to-one coaching and small-group learning
  • Financial support for lower-income seniors to own devices

    Learn more

  • Digital Ambassadors

1,000 Ambassadors will reach out to 100,000 seniors by March 2021 to teach them basic digital skills

Know someone passionate to help others go digital? Apply here

Virtual Digital Clinics

  • One-on-one consultation with a volunteer on basic digital skills
  • Weekly from 15 May to 18 July
  • Available in English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil

Learn more

 

 

 

$5.7 billion Enhanced Care and Support Package

  • One-off cash payouts
  • $600 cash for all Singaporeans aged 21 and above in April 2020
  • Additional $300 or $600 in cash in June 2020, depending on income
  • More support for household expenses
  • Doubled GST Voucher—U-Save rebates for all eligible HDB households
  • 2.5 times more rebates for households with 5 or more members
  • More help for lower income
  • $400 grocery vouchers over the next two years
  • $3,000 Workfare Special Payment for lower-income workers
  • Just for seniors
  • $100 cash top-up for Singaporeans aged 50 years and above in June 2020

Enhanced Silver Support Scheme

  • More will qualify from 1 January 2021 onwards
  • Those in smaller flats will receive $900 every quarter, up from $750


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Matched Retirement Savings Scheme

  • Dollar-for-dollar Matching (Cash top-ups to CPF Retirement Account)
  • Up to $600 annually from 2021 to 2025
  • For lower- to middle-income Singaporeans aged 55 to 70 who cannot meet the Basic Retirement Sum

Find out more

Workfare

  • Workfare Income Supplement: Up to $4,000 a year for lower-income Singaporeans
  • Workfare Skills Support: $500 award per full qualification for lower-income Singaporeans from July 2020
  • Workfare Special Payment of $3,000 in cash

Find out more

Overcoming the Crisis


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