Employment Act(CHAPTER 91)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Appointment of officers
4 Rules and orders
5 Minister may restrict application
6 Existing law not affected
7 Invalidity of contracts of service
Part II CONTRACTS OF SERVICE
8 Illegal terms of contract of service
9 Termination of contracts
10 Notice of termination of contract
11 Termination of contract without notice
12 Contractual age
13 When contract deemed to be broken by employer and employee
14 Misconduct of the employee
15 Termination by employee threatened by danger
16 Liability on breach of contract
17 Contract of service not to restrict rights of employees to join, participate in or organise trade unions
18 Change of employer
19 Offence
Part III PAYMENT OF SALARY
20 Fixation of salary period
21 Time of payment
22 Payment on dismissal or termination by employer
23 Payment on termination by employee
24 Income tax clearance
25 Payment to be made during working hours
26 No unauthorised deductions to be made
27 Authorised deductions
28 Deductions for absence
29 Deductions for damages or loss
30 Deductions for accommodation, amenity and service
31 Recovery of advances and loans
32 Deductions not to exceed 50% of salary
33 Priority of salary to other debts
34 Offence
Part IV REST DAYS, HOURS OF WORK, HOLIDAYS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
35 Application of Part IV
36 Rest day
37 Work on rest day
38 Hours of work
39 Task work
40 Shift workers, etc.
41 Interpretation of "week" for purposes of sections 36, 38 and 40
42 Holidays
43 Annual leave
44 Sick leave
45 Payment of retrenchment benefit
46 Retirement benefit
47 Priority of retirement benefits, etc.
48 Payment of annual wage supplement, bonus or annual wage increases
49 Variation of collective agreement or award
50 Interpretation for purposes of sections 48 and 49
51 Interpretation of "ordinary rate of pay"
52 Power to suspend application of Part IV
53 Offences
Part V TRUCK SYSTEM
54 Agreements to pay salary otherwise than in legal tender illegal
55 Agreements as to place and manner, etc., of spending salary illegal
56 Salary to be paid entirely in legal tender
57 Recovery of salary not paid in legal tender
58 Interest on advances forbidden
59 Remuneration other than salary
60 Shops and canteens
61 Penalties
62 Proceedings may be taken against actual offender
63 Payment of salary through bank
64 Limitations on application of Part V
Part VI CONTRACTORS AND CONTRACTING
65 Liability of principals, contractors and subcontractors for salary of workman
66 Registration of contractors and subcontractors
Part VII DOMESTIC SERVANTS
67 Minister may apply Act to domestic servants
Part VIII EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
68 Employment on completion of 12th year
69 Employment in industrial undertaking
70 Conditions of employment
71 Minimum rates of salary may be prescribed
72 Approved employment
73 Regulations regulating employment
74 Offences
75 Power of Juvenile Court in respect of children or young persons requiring care or protection
Part IX MATERNITY PROTECTION AND BENEFITS
76 Length of benefit period
77 Payments to include holidays
78 When payment is to be made
79 Payment of benefit on death of female employee before confinement
80 Notice of confinement
81 Dismissal during absence prohibited
82 Employment after confinement
83 Forfeiture of payment
84 Right to benefit unaffected by notice of dismissal in specified circumstances
85 Claim from one employer only
86 Contracting out
87 Offences
Part X EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
88 Employment exchange
89 Only citizens to be registered
90 Control of employment
Part XI HEALTH, ACCOMMODATION AND MEDICAL CARE
91 Duty to provide proper quarters and sanitary arrangements
92 Buildings to conform with requirements of law
93 First-aid equipment
94 Offences
Part XII REGISTERS, RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
95 Register of employees
96 Record of workmen
97 Returns
98 Commissioner may call for further returns
99 Power to call for returns, books, etc.
100 Service of requisitions
101 Penalties
102 Returns not to be published or disclosed
Part XIII INSPECTION
103 Inspections
104 Notice to employer of presence of Commissioner or inspecting officer
105 Powers of Commissioner and inspecting officer
106 Inspecting officer not to reveal secrets
107 Offences
Part XIV GENERAL
108 Wrongful detention of employee
109 Employee not answerable for debt, default or miscarriage of another
110 Obstruction of employee by employer
111 Punishment for obstruction
112 Penalties
113 Penalty for fraudulently inducing employee to emigrate
114 Power to compound offences
Part XV CLAIMS, COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO OFFENCES
115 Commissioner’s power to inquire into complaints
116 Prohibiting order by Commissioner to third party
117 Right of appeal
118 Fees and enforcement of orders
119 Procedure for making and hearing claims
120 Representation before Commissioner
121 Joining of claims
122 Jurisdiction of courts not affected
123 Employee’s remedy when employer about to abscond
124 Investigations of complaints and offences
125 Procedure after inquiry
126 Costs of proceedings
Part XVI PROCEDURE AND REGULATIONS
127 Officers to be public servants
128 Place of employment deemed to be a public place
129 Jurisdiction of Magistrates’ and District Courts
130 Right to hearing
131 Onus of proof
132 Civil proceedings not barred
133 Power to deal with evidence taken down by another officer
134 Application of fines
135 Imprisonment to be in discharge of fine, compensation, etc.
136 Recovery of money as fines
137 Service of summons
138 Power to make reciprocal provisions between Singapore and Malaysia for the service, execution and enforcement of summonses, warrants and orders
139 Power to make regulations
140 Power to amend Schedules
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