What is the difference between getting a helper and Household Services Scheme (HSS)?

What is called Household Services Scheme (HSS)?

The Household Services Scheme (HSS) allows companies in this sector to hire migrant workers to carry out part-time household services, such as home cleaning, grocery shopping, car washing and pet-sitting.

What is the difference between getting a helper and Household Services Scheme (HSS)?

Migrant domestic workers live with their employers, and can only work for them.

Workers from HSS companies can be deployed to multiple houses on a part-time basis to provide select household services. They also do not live in the houses that work at.

Families who need household services on an ad-hoc basis can engage the service of a HSS company, instead of hiring a full-time live-in helper.

How to get part-time helper with household chores?

You can contact any of the HSS companies.

How companies can be part of Household Services Scheme (HSS)?

Companies providing household services can email to MOM at mom_wpd@mom.gov.sg to be considered for the HSS. If approved, your company will be eligible for the following:

• Additional Work Permit quota.
• MOM will assess your company’s headcount and employee composition to determine the additional quota entitlement.
• Hire female workers from the list of approved source countries that HSS companies can hire workers from Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka or Thailand, in addition to the existing source countries for the services sector.
• Note: From 1 Sep 2021, Cambodia is being added to the list.

Please refer to the press release by MOM on the formalisation of the HSS.