Employees should receive CPF contributions from their employers. However, the following employees are exempted from receiving CPF contributions:
2. Foreigners. Persons who are not Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.
3. Domestic employees with employment not exceeding 14 hours in any week. Examples include cooks, maids and gardeners.
4.
Employees of the United Nations (UN) Organisation, or any agency, institution or related organisation of the UN Organisation that is located in Singapore. Please refer to the
UN System Chart (PDF, 0.08 MB) for the list of organisations that are within the United Nations System.
5. Employees of any of the following entities, which is part of the World Bank Group (a specialised agency of the United Nations Organisation), that is located in Singapore:
i. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes; or
ii. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
6. Employees of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, who is assigned to work for the International Energy Agency Regional Cooperation Centre that is located in Singapore.
7. Seamen who are Singapore Citizens and are employed:
i. in a Swedish ship on terms and conditions of service applicable to Swedish seamen; or
ii. in a Norwegian ship on terms and conditions of service applicable to Norwegian seamen; or
iii. by the East Asiatic Co. Ltd. of Denmark on terms and conditions of the agreement between the Danish Shipowners’ Association and the Seamen’s Union in Denmark.
