Singapore passed the Platform Workers Act in 2024. It is a significant legal milestone that gives taxi drivers, private hire drivers, and food and other types of delivery workers clear access to work injury compensation, CPF contributions, and representation through platform work associations. These strengthened protections came into effect from 1 January 2025.
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Prior to the Platform Workers Act, all platform workers were already expected to contribute to their MediSave Accounts. From 2025, however, platform workers born on or after 1 January 1995 are mandated to have increased CPF contributions. These will go into their CPF Ordinary and Special or Retirement Accounts. The allocation rate for each account is determined by age.
Platform workers born before 1 January 1995 may opt-in to increased CPF contributions, though opting in is irreversible.
Just like regular employers, platform operators, such as Grab, Tada, and ComfortDelGro, will need to contribute to the CPF accounts of platform workers who make CPF contributions. In 2025, their CPF contributions as platform operators was 3.5% of the platform workers’ monthly net earnings.
For example, in 2025, if the platform worker was born after 1 January 1995 and their monthly net earnings were $4,000, the platform worker would contribute 10.5%, or $420, that month to their CPF, while the platform operator would contribute 3.5%, or $140, for a total of 14%, or $560.
Source: Screenshot from CPF’s Platform Worker Contribution Calculator
From 2026 to 2029, both the CPF contribution rate for platform workers and for platform operators will increase steadily, until they are aligned with the current employee and employer contribution rates. In 2026, platform operators must contribute 7% of their monthly net earnings. By 2029, this number can reach as high as 17%, depending on the age of the platform worker.
Let’s assume a platform worker below 60 in 2029 who has opted in to the increased CPF contributions and earns $4,000 net per month. They would have to contribute 20%, or $800, to their CPF accounts. The platform operator would have to contribute an additional 17%, or $680, to the platform worker’s CPF account. That’s an additional $120 more than 2025.
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Platform Fees Go Up Again In 2026 In Response To The Platform Workers Act
This is why ComfortDelGro and Grab have announced that they will increase their platform fees again from 1 January 2026. The platform fee was initially introduced to defray the cost of the booking platform.
ComfortDelGro’s website suggests it “supports ongoing enhancements… enabling us to deliver a seamless, all-in-one solution for your mobility needs.” According to Grab, “these fees are reinvested into maintaining, developing and enhancing product features to boost the Grab services. These fees also help to cover operational costs of rolling out product and service improvements that will benefit our users.”
Since 2024, ComfortDelGo now adds that “it also supports initiatives by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to provide CPF contributions and Work Injury Compensation (WIC) insurance for platform workers. These efforts give our drivers better protection, financial stability, and improved livelihoods.”
ComfortDelGro bookings made through their ride-hailing app CDG Zig or the Kris+ app may now cost about 10 cents more than 2025. ComfortDelGro previously increased the platform fee from 70 cents in 2024 to a range of $1.00 to $1.20 in 2025, citing increased operating costs under the Platform Workers Act.
| Year | ComfortDelGro Platform Fee |
| 2024 | $0.70 |
| 2025 | $1.00 – $1.20 |
| 2026 | $1.00 – $1.30 |
In 2026, Grab’s platform fee will now cost $1.20, 30 cents more than last year’s 90 cents. Grab’s platform fee was previously 70 cents in 2024.
| Year | Grab Platform Fee |
| 2024 | $0.70 |
| 2025 | $0.90 |
| 2026 | $1.20 |
Tada will not increase its platform fee in 2026. They previously increased their platform fee by 50 cents in 2025.
| Year | Tada Platform Fee |
| 2024 | $0.55 – $0.75 |
| 2025 | $1.05 – $1.25 |
| 2026 | $1.05 – $1.25 |
Gojek has yet to announce any platform fee increases for 2026. They previously raised their platform fee in 2025.
| Year | Gojek Platform Fee |
| 2024 | $0.60 – $1.00 |
| 2025 | $0.90 – $1.50 |
| 2026 | $0.90 – $1.50 |
In 2024, all the platform operators shared similar justifications for the announced increase in platform fees. According to ComfortDelGro’s website, “This platform fee adjustment helps defray the operating expenses to support the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) initiatives for CPF contributions and Work Injury Compensation (WIC) insurance for Platform Workers. This ensures our drivers benefit from CPF contributions and enhanced insurance coverage, and elevates our drivers’ livelihood, allowing them to have better earnings.”
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