MOM updates advisory on requirements for safe management measures at workplace, up to 50% of employees who can work from home allowed to return to workplace from 1 January 2022

20 December 2021

On 14 December 2021, the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) issued an updated advisory on Requirements for Safe Management Measures at the Workplace to state that from 1 January 2022, up to 50% of employees who can work from home are allowed to return to the workplace.

This development follows the earlier MOM announcement that from 1 January 2022, employers must ensure that unvaccinated employees do not return to the workplace.

Reference materials

The following materials are available on the MOM website www.mom.gov.sg:

• Requirements for safe management measures at the workplace
• Annex A - Resources to assist companies 
• Annex B - Checklist of safe management measures at the workplace for resumption of business activities 
• FAQs on Safe Management Measures at the workplace