Singapore SMEs: SWDA Now Your Single Touchpoint for Workforce Training and Support

The Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) is now the central agency for Singapore SMEs seeking training support, job matching, and workforce transformation assistance.

1. SMEs must register for Multinational Enterprise Top-up Tax and Domestic Top-up Tax compliance if applicable, using SWDA's enhanced data services to identify skills gaps in their workforce before onboarding government training subsidies.
2. SMEs accessing workforce transformation support must engage SWDA's job redesign programmes and submit workforce plans through the single touchpoint, replacing the previous dual-channel process via SSG and WSG.

Newly incorporated SMEs or those with fewer than 10 employees are exempt from the top-up tax registration requirement but remain eligible for SWDA's career guidance and training subsidies designed to help small teams upskill without disrupting operations.

Tip: Register your company's skills inventory on the SWDA portal before applying for training grants — the combined SSG-WSG data matching can surface subsidised courses your employees qualify for automatically.

Source: https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2026/0505-factsheet-on-swda