LeaveMaestro
Menu

Singapore annual leave proration for employees joining or leaving mid-year

See how MOM describes pro-rated annual leave based on completed months of service and what HR teams should capture in leave-system configuration.

Reviewed: 21 September 2026

Information, not legal advice. Statutory summaries below link to official Singapore sources. Check the latest government guidance and your employment terms before making policy decisions. LeaveMaestro applies the rules configured by your organisation; product behaviour is not a statement of legal entitlement.

MOM's completed-month approach

For employees covered by the Employment Act, MOM says annual leave is pro-rated when the employee has worked at least 3 months but less than a year, based on completed months of service. MOM also describes proration within the current year of service when an employee has worked more than a year.

MOM's published formula is completed months of service divided by 12, multiplied by the annual leave entitlement. Its statutory example rounds a fraction below half down and half or more up to a full day.

Company policy and system configuration

A company can have contractual rules that are more generous than the statutory floor. LeaveMaestro should be configured to the organisation's reviewed policy; do not infer the legal rule solely from a software default.

Official sources