Twelve months deserves its own checkpoint — not a rushed renewal ambush
One-year check-in with your MDW (Singapore) is the employer conversation around the first contract year mark: what worked, what to fix, and whether to *start* a renewal discussion. The ~90-day check-in sits in #122. The six-month check-in sits in #160. The full keep/transfer/end decision sits in #116. This page owns the one-year checkpoint.
General guidance only. Soft MOM: mom.gov.sg. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. Platform ≠ agency. No invented $ — salary talks use #111.
Neighbouring hubs:
- Three-month check-in (unique #122)
- Six-month check-in (unique #160)
- Renewal decision: keep, transfer, or end (unique #116)
- First-month performance conversations (unique #45)
- Building trust while maintaining standards (unique #44)
- When co-employers disagree (unique #120)
- Salary discussion without quoting figures (unique #111)
- Written house rules sheet (unique #32)
- When to loop the agency (unique #26)
- This article: one-year check-in
Step 1 — Book before the year mark
Leave time before pass/contract milestones. Co-employers pre-align (#120). Bring notes from #122 and #160 if you ran them.
Step 2 — Year agenda
- Wins and friction from the past year
- Workload / rest-day health
- House rules that need a rewrite (#32)
- Training or support she wants
- Soft “intent to renew” signal — full decision later on #116
Trust with standards: #44.
Step 3 — Write outcomes
Up to five written outcomes and owners. Pay changes → #111 with no invented $ in this meeting’s public notes.
Step 4 — Bridge to renewal (don’t finish it here)
If both sides lean “keep,” open the #116 checklist with your EA on a separate day. Stuck conflict → #26. Platform ≠ agency.
Step 5 — Soft MOM
Fair communication before major employment decisions. Soft framing on mom.gov.sg.
Soft MOM
Confirm welfare and employment expectations on mom.gov.sg. Soft only. No invented $.
Checklist
- Slot booked before year / pass milestones
- Co-employers pre-aligned (#120)
- Agenda covers year review + rules + early renewal intent
- Written outcomes (pay via #111 if needed)
- Full renewal parked on #116 / EA as needed
- No invented $; platform ≠ agency; soft MOM
Scripts
To helper: Around one year we like a proper check-in — what went well, what to change, and whether we both want to start renewal talks with the agency later.
To co-employer: One-year is a checkpoint, not the signed renewal — we align first, then use #116 with the EA.
Bottom line
Run a calm one-year review with written outcomes, then bridge to the renewal decision page with your licensed EA — without inventing pay figures in the room. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under soft MOM rules.
