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 Three-Month Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore). The six-month check-in sits in Six-Month Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore). The full keep/transfer/end decision sits in Renewal Decision: Keep, Transfer, or End (Singapore). This page owns the one-year checkpoint.
General guidance only. MOM: mom.gov.sg. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. — salary talks use MDW Salary Discussion Process (Without Quoting Figures).
Neighbouring hubs:
- Three-month check-in
- Six-month check-in
- Renewal decision: keep, transfer, or end
- First-month performance conversations
- Building trust while maintaining standards
- When co-employers disagree
- Salary discussion without quoting figures
- Written house rules sheet
- When to loop the agency
- This article: one-year check-in
Step 1 — Book before the year mark
Leave time before pass/contract milestones. Co-employers pre-align (When Co-Employers Disagree About the Helper (Singapore)). Bring notes from Three-Month Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore) and Six-Month Check-In With Your MDW (Singapore) 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 (Creating a Simple Written House Rules Sheet)
- Training or support she wants
- Soft “intent to renew” signal — full decision later on Renewal Decision: Keep, Transfer, or End (Singapore)
Trust with standards: Building Trust While Maintaining Employer Standards.
Step 3 — Write outcomes
Up to five written outcomes and owners. Pay changes → MDW Salary Discussion Process (Without Quoting Figures) with in this meeting’s public notes.
Step 4 — Bridge to renewal (don’t finish it here)
If both sides lean “keep,” open the Renewal Decision: Keep, Transfer, or End (Singapore) checklist with your EA on a separate day. Stuck conflict → When to Loop the Agency Into Early Issues.
Step 5 — MOM rules
Fair communication before major employment decisions. Soft framing on mom.gov.sg.
MOM rules
Confirm welfare and employment expectations on mom.gov.sg. Soft only.
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
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. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under MOM rules.
