Pay-subsidised work started on 1 September 2024 or earlier
Pay-subsidised work started on 2 September 2024 or later:
Pay-subsidised work started on 2 September 2024 or later accrues the employment condition only when the pay subsidy has been paid for hiring a person with reduced work ability or for employing a long-term unemployed person over the age of 60.
In pay-subsidised work, the employment condition would accrue after the pay subsidy has been paid for 10 months. Starting from 11 months, the employment condition would accrue for 75% of working hours. Any rounding would be made down to the nearest full month of the employment condition.
When pay-subsidised work is counted towards the employment condition, it will extend the period during which work can be counted towards the employment condition (the review period).
An example of the number of work months required to fulfil the employment condition in pay-subsidised work:
Only the pay you have earned after the first 10 months of pay-subsidised work can be included in the employment condition. To fulfil the employment condition, you must have worked for at least 12 calendar months. This means that the number of months required to meet the employment condition from pay-subsidised work is at least 26 months (10 months + 12 months (75%) + 4 months (25%) = 26 months).