The end-of-contract talk needs prep — not an ambush at dinner
Employer checklist before your end-of-contract talk with your MDW (Singapore) is the packing list before you sit down: co-employer alignment, agenda, documents, and when to loop the licensed EA. The one-year check-in sits in One-Year Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore). The keep / transfer / end framework sits in Renewal Decision: Keep, Transfer, or End (Singapore). Cancellation mechanics sit in Cancellation Checklist for Employers (MDW Work Permit). Sending home sits in Sending an MDW Home When the Contract Ends (Singapore). This page owns prep for the conversation itself.
General guidance only. MOM: mom.gov.sg. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. — salary/renewal figures use MDW Salary Discussion Process (Without Quoting Figures) with live EA quotes only.
Neighbouring hubs:
- One-year check-in
- Renewal decision: keep, transfer, or end
- Cancellation checklist
- Sending an MDW home when contract ends
- Fresh search after employment ends
- Salary discussion without quoting figures
- When co-employers disagree
- When to loop the agency
- Written house rules sheet
- This article: prep before end-of-contract talk
Step 1 — Align co-employers first
Lean keep, transfer, or end *before* you speak to her (When Co-Employers Disagree About the Helper (Singapore)). Use Renewal Decision: Keep, Transfer, or End (Singapore) as the decision map — this page is the meeting prep.
Step 2 — Build a short agenda
- Contract end date / soft WP timing (EA confirms live)
- What went well / what must change
- Her preference (stay / go / transfer)
- Next steps with the agency
Bring notes from One-Year Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore) if you ran it.
Step 3 — Documents pack
Contract copy, rest-day notes, any written warnings. Do not invent dollar figures in the room (MDW Salary Discussion Process (Without Quoting Figures)).
Step 4 — Soft-loop EA when needed
If renewal, transfer, or cancellation paperwork will follow, message the EA the same day (When to Loop the Agency Into Early Issues). Then execute Cancellation Checklist for Employers (MDW Work Permit), Sending an MDW Home When the Contract Ends (Singapore), or Starting a Fresh MDW Search After Employment Ends (Singapore) as relevant.
Step 5 — MOM rules
Fair notice and clear communication. Soft framing on mom.gov.sg.
MOM rules
Confirm employment-end expectations on mom.gov.sg. Soft only.
Checklist
- Co-employers pre-aligned (#120 / #116)
- Agenda written
- Docs ready
- EA soft-looped if paperwork follows
- Follow-on path chosen (#21 / #22 / #23 / renew)
- ; MOM
Scripts
To helper: We want to talk about the contract ending on [date]. No surprises — we will share our thinking and hear yours, then confirm next steps with the agency.
To EA: We are holding the end-of-contract talk on [date]. Please be ready for renewal / transfer / cancellation soft guidance after.
Bottom line
Prep the end-of-contract talk with alignment, agenda, and docs — then run the renewal or exit checklists with your licensed EA. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under MOM rules.
