The initiative targets enterprises willing to take on workers requiring moderate assistance by offsetting operational expenses like workplace adjustments, training, and job redesign. Government officials hope this financial boost will help close the national employment gap for working-age persons with disabilities before the end of the decade. Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung announced the move alongside broader plans to consolidate existing employer grant programs. Additionally, national disability agency SG Enable is scheduled to roll out the initial call for proposals before the year ends.
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The S-EEG tier provides financial backing to companies hiring a meaningful number of indi…: The S-EEG tier provides financial backing to companies hiring a meaningful number of individuals who need moderate workplace support.
Subsidies are designed to absorb the overhead costs associated with workplace modificatio…: Subsidies are designed to absorb the overhead costs associated with workplace modifications, specialized training, and supervisory adjustments.
Social service agencies will gradually convert existing facilities into Enabling Skills C…: Social service agencies will gradually convert existing facilities into Enabling Skills Centres to teach structured integration and employment curricula.
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The grant tier will support enterprises that employ a meaningful number of people with disabilities who have moderate support needs.
SINGAPORE: Around S$25 million (US$19.6 million) will be set aside under a new funding tier aimed at encouraging employers to create more jobs for people with disabilities who have moderate support needs.
Speaking at the Enabling Mark Awards on Tuesday (Nov 10) evening, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who is also Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, announced that the funding will come under a new tier of the Enabling Employment Grant (EEG), known as S-EEG, with the "S" standing for "stronger support".
The new tier will provide extra funding for enterprises that employ a "meaningful number" of people with such support needs, Mr Ong said.
For a start, around S$25 million will be set aside for S-EEG, and SG Enable – Singapore's national agency for disability – will launch the first call for proposals by the end of this year.
"We will learn from its implementation and better understand what employers need to make (in order to) to support employment,…
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