Apply for overtime exemption

For OTE applications due to COVID-19 or Movement Control Order, you need to submit:

• Acknowledgement form signed by Employer affirming that occupations requiring OTE are not listed in the list of work activities and the percentage (%) of affected employees due to COVID-19 or Movement Control Order, as compared to the total workforce (upload this form under the “Supporting Documents” tab in the OTE eService).
• Union’s acknowledgement form (if your company is unionised).
• Acknowledgement form signed by affected employees (if your company is non-unionised)
• Endorsement of risk register by approved WSH auditors for the workplace(s) where OTE is required at (exempted for OTE applications less than a duration of one month due to COVID-19).
• Salary structure (only for security industry)

To assist employer directly impacted by Movement Control Order, a short-term approval of 1 month will be granted for 72-hour OTE, and a short-term approval of 3 months will be granted for 72-hour OTE for employer affected by COVID-19.

Your application will be subjected to approval by the Commissioner of Labour.

These work activities would not be granted overtime exemption.

A Corppass account is required to transact with MOM. Apply for a Corppass account if you don’t have one.

Your Corppass admin or sub-admin must assign your Corppass account:

1. Log in to Corppass.
2. Go to eService Access tab.
3. Choose Employment Standards Online (ESOL) as one of your company’s eServices.
4. Assign Employment Standards Online (ESOL) to your Corppass account.

Before applying, you must:

• Educate your employees about their overtime entitlements.
• Obtain endorsement of risk register by approved WSH auditors for the workplace(s) where OTE is required at.
• Obtain consent from Union.

1. Log in to your Corppass account.
2. Go to Assigned eServices tab. You should see Employment Standards Online (ESOL) listed as one of your assigned eServices.

If Employment Standards Online (ESOL) is not listed as one of your assigned eServices, please ask your Corppass admin or sub-admin to assign the eService to you.

For step-by-step instructions, refer to user guide.