A few days of leave, filed on the right dates, buys you a proper holiday. Holidays sit next to weekends. Fill the gap and the whole stretch joins up. File Mon 28 to Thu 31 Dec 2026 and you are away from Fri 25 Dec to Sun 3 Jan: 10 days off for 4 days of leave, long enough to fly home.
How the plan is picked
We try every stretch around each Singapore public holiday ahead, keep the ones that give at least two days off per leave day, and score them so longer breaks win. Then we fill your VL with the best ones that do not overlap. Tap any weekday on the calendar to change it.
Days in lieu: Singapore moves a holiday to the Monday only when it falls on a Sunday. A Saturday holiday gets no gazetted Monday off, whatever a shared calendar says.
Sick leave is tracked but never scheduled. It needs an MC, and filing it for a holiday is a sackable offence.
Getting it approved without annoying your boss
- File early. Everyone wants the same dates. First in usually wins.
- Ask, do not announce. Bring the dates and who covers your work.
- Avoid the crunch. Month-end, audit season, a launch.
- Offer to split it if a colleague wants the same week.
- Never fake being sick. Sick leave needs an MC. Getting caught can cost the job, and for pass holders the pass.
Dates from mom.gov.sg. Lunar dates can shift by a day when gazetted.